DOS Compatibility mode usually indicates that something is missing a driver.
Have a look in Device Manager and see what's showing a yellow exclamation
mark.

Often, just removing the problem device from Device Manager and rebooting
will cause it to be 'rediscovered' on the next startup. Alternatively, if
you have a driver for it, reinstall it.

Ian Porter
Computer Guys Inc.
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul M. Feldman" Subject: [PCSOFT] System hangs after booting


> Anyone:
>
> I have a clone running Win98SE, 783 mg of ram, and 2 - 60 gb hard drive.
>
> Since yesterday, my system boots and within seconds of loading, i.e,
Windows
> comes up. the desktop icons load, the system hangs.  This happens whether
I
> open an appication or not.  It just hangs.
>
> I checked the performance tab under 'System' in the Control Panel and it
> advises that the drives (A, C and D) are all running under DOS
compatibilty
> mode.  I have no idea what this means but my recollection is that this
> message was not present when I last checked this tab.
>
> Any suggestions?  Do I need to do clean install and start over again
> (shudder)?
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
> Paul M. Feldman

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