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 [log in to unmask] ----- 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 The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now offering Mandrake Linux or Red Hat Linux CD sets along with the OpenOffice CD... at a great price!!! http://freepctech.com/goodies/promotions.shtml