Brendhan-let's try this run the Registry Checker that comes with Windows 98. Press start button,go to Run and type"scanregw.exe"without the quotes. ScanReg maintains,by default 5 separate backups of your registry files,as well as some other important system files, including win.ini and system.ini.It compresses the backups into 5 separate.cab files, named rb000.cab,rb001.cab etc. You'll have to check the file dates for the most recent backup(view the files in Explorer's Details view,or type DIR in DOS,as the numbers won't be a reliable indicator of their age.The .cab backup files are in the hidden C:\Windows\sysbckup folder;you'll see this folder if you've got Windows to display hidden files. Any way,you know that the last .cab file isn't any good because your machine doesn't boot,choose another .cab file just drag it out of the Cabinet window that appears when you double click the .cab file and drop it in your Windows folder.Do this for each of the registry files System.dat and User.dat;if you're asked click Yes to confirm that you are replacing the file that's there. There is more to this,as far as changing the default of 5 backups,but that is another matter,see if this does anything. Maybe you've turned your machine on more than 5 times since the problem started and none of your files are good.---daryl ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com Curious about the people moderating your messages? Visit our staff web site: http://nospin.com/pc/staff.html