22.6.2000
Coming from the "Sweating Bullets" department, Lockergnomie Nathan Riley is dropping to DOS. For the most part, your system should be stable. I mean, if it was always in shambles, you would have reinstalled Windows by now. Don't have time? Don't wanna lose any of your settings or software? Supposedly, there's a command line option that'll get you back on your feet in no time. "Boot up your PC with a Windows 98 boot disk, pop in your Windows 98 CD, and once you're at the command prompt, type your CD-ROM drive letter immediately followed by a colon. So, if your CD was set to "D" -- you'd enter D: and then hit ENTER. At this point, you'll type the following command: SETUP /pf (exactly as shown). This switch will restore all of Windows' critical files to their "factory state," and in 99% of situations (according to this Gnomie), doing this will fix whatever problems you were having in Windows 98.