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10-08-2002, 08:17 PM
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Lost drive E and ctrl-alt-del
Hi guys, I have a win 98 machine that was working just fine until I burned a CD today. Then it froze so I rebooted and only have drive E (cdrw) in safe mode. And when I'm in regular windows I have C/D but no E and hitting ctrl-alt-del does nothing anymore no box pops up at all.I uninstalled /reinstalled the cdr software.Tried using the hardware detection,no viruses it is kept up in maintenance. It's just weird any ideas would be appreciated
 Don ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Update I just disconnected the cdrw drive until I figure this out,but I still receive no response after hitting the ctrl-alt-del keys. Last edited by dldz; 10-08-2002 at 08:58 PM. |
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10-08-2002, 09:33 PM
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Have you tried "scanreg/restore" to see if it would take it back to normal?
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10-08-2002, 09:54 PM
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well no not yet I was waiting to see if anyone had any ideas,but I'll be right back & let you know thanks for your reply Roger.
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10-08-2002, 10:51 PM
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Ok I found out it somehow disabled itself in the BIOS, but still have no ctrl-alt-del available. Being a well used keys on this box I really need them any more ideas ?
Thanks Don |
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10-08-2002, 10:56 PM
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I'm thinking corrupt files, thats why I asked about the scanreg/restore. Have you tried "System File Checker" to see if everything checks out.
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10-08-2002, 11:13 PM
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Well crap ! I ran SFC = nothing
scanreg/restore = nothing virus scan = nothing defraged = nothing maybe reinstall via cabs/setup ? |
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10-12-2002, 03:20 PM
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Does anyone know the registry key(s) and values for the ctrl+alt+del function in Win98 ?
I got everything working now,but still no ctrl alt del keys except in DOS so I know they are working. BTW this all happened after installing Mickey$ofts latest patch AAAAAAAAAAAUUGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Any ideas would be greatly appreciated Don |
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10-12-2002, 04:27 PM
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Hi Don
How far back did that Registry restore let you go? It might not have been far enough to be before the trouble started. You might try RegClean or RegMaid (can be downloaded from the Microsoft download site). I suppose you could try extracting Taskmon.exe from your Win98SE disk and putting it in your C:\Windows folder, in case the current model is missing or corrupt. And just for the heck of it, try removing your keyboard in Safe Mode and letting Windows re-detect it (you can also try a different keyboard, just to cover that angle) . . . is it a fancy multimedia/internet keyboard or a wireless? - they have those cranky drivers that they need: if you've got one of those, you might uninstall/reinstall them. . . . Gary |
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10-12-2002, 05:02 PM
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Hi Gary thanks for your fast reply.
My reg back ups all failed, I found out today that my wife went to windows update & installed the lastest patch/update thats when all this happened ARUGHHH !! I tried regclean no luck I removed the keyboard no luck tried another keyboard no luck However ctrl alt del works in DOS but not in windows or safe mode. I really don't like being without that function it's driving me crazy (er) BTW it's a Logitech New Touch keyboard I also tried reinstalling windows over itself with no luck. And extracted Taskmon no luck Any more ideas ?? Thanks ! Don |
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10-12-2002, 05:14 PM
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See if you can tell what update it was, & I'll see if I can find out anything about it. . .
Tell you what (if you feel lucky) - you know the saying "hair of the dog that bit you" - if you download/install IE6 or IE6's Service Pack 1, that has TaskScheduler (and possibly a version of Taskmon too) as part of the download. . . if you have broadband, it's a quick try (otherwise it's a painfully slow wait) . . . Gary |
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10-12-2002, 05:40 PM
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It was SP1 for IE 6, thanks Gary I tried the repair IE but I noticed now that the restore previous settings button is greyed out. (my luck) but I will try re D/L'ing it right now
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10-12-2002, 06:42 PM
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YEAH !!!!!
thanks gary for your help.I dug thru my extra parts and found an old Compaq keyboard so I removed the other one,hooked up the Comcrap one and windows found it, I installed the enhanced keyboard drivers, and it works finally !!!!!! just to check I hooked up the logitech again and same problem. i'll just keep using my spare Comcrap one thanks again ! Don Another happy ending |
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