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Windows 98 hangs after entering password on fresh install
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Planned maintenance scheduled April 17/18, 2019 at 00:00UTC (8:00pm US/Eastern)Modern USB devices on Windows 98 SEWindows 98 / XP Dual bootWindows 98 with 2GB of RAMUsing a NeoMagic 256XL with Windows 98SEWindows 98 SE installation “hangs”A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0028:FF02847B Installing Windows 98 SEHow to use USB flash drives with Windows 98 SE?Windows 98 SE PC refusing to network using NIC/modemsWhat does “select” mean in a Windows 98 install disc?Windows 98 SE Splash Screen loads forever
I am doing a fresh reinstall of Windows 98 SE on a Dell Optiplex GX1 550Mbr+. I previously had this very same version of Windows on this machine. The install works perfectly, but when I get to the login screen, I hit escape (or type in the password and press enter), and it just hangs.
I have tried:
- Changing hard drives
- Changing CD drives
- Changing the RAM
- Swapping the hard drive into another machine
- Removing the password
The first 3 points result in no improvement, event if I re-install from scratch.
When I swap the hard drive into another computer, I can log in just fine, so it doesn't seem to be the installation at fault.
When I remove the password (using another computer), it just hangs at the green desktop background. The mouse will move, but nothing ever loads.
CTRL + ALT + DEL will bring up the task manager, and I can restart the computer, or kill the only process (Hidserv).
Running the computer in Safe Mode works.
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I am doing a fresh reinstall of Windows 98 SE on a Dell Optiplex GX1 550Mbr+. I previously had this very same version of Windows on this machine. The install works perfectly, but when I get to the login screen, I hit escape (or type in the password and press enter), and it just hangs.
I have tried:
- Changing hard drives
- Changing CD drives
- Changing the RAM
- Swapping the hard drive into another machine
- Removing the password
The first 3 points result in no improvement, event if I re-install from scratch.
When I swap the hard drive into another computer, I can log in just fine, so it doesn't seem to be the installation at fault.
When I remove the password (using another computer), it just hangs at the green desktop background. The mouse will move, but nothing ever loads.
CTRL + ALT + DEL will bring up the task manager, and I can restart the computer, or kill the only process (Hidserv).
Running the computer in Safe Mode works.
windows-98
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Does the computer have a network card and is it connected? The next thing after login is connecting to the network.
– tofro
Apr 6 at 21:09
It has onboard ethernet, but it is not connected.
– Jonathan
Apr 6 at 21:10
Can you try connecting it? Or disable the NIC from safe mode?
– tofro
Apr 6 at 21:11
I connected it to the offline network, to no avail. The online network does not work any better. I'm going to try disabling it from safe mode now
– Jonathan
Apr 6 at 21:17
Disabling the NIC (I did it right from the BIOS) does not work either - it still hangs right after where the login screen would be (I currently have it removed).
– Jonathan
Apr 6 at 21:31
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I am doing a fresh reinstall of Windows 98 SE on a Dell Optiplex GX1 550Mbr+. I previously had this very same version of Windows on this machine. The install works perfectly, but when I get to the login screen, I hit escape (or type in the password and press enter), and it just hangs.
I have tried:
- Changing hard drives
- Changing CD drives
- Changing the RAM
- Swapping the hard drive into another machine
- Removing the password
The first 3 points result in no improvement, event if I re-install from scratch.
When I swap the hard drive into another computer, I can log in just fine, so it doesn't seem to be the installation at fault.
When I remove the password (using another computer), it just hangs at the green desktop background. The mouse will move, but nothing ever loads.
CTRL + ALT + DEL will bring up the task manager, and I can restart the computer, or kill the only process (Hidserv).
Running the computer in Safe Mode works.
windows-98
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I am doing a fresh reinstall of Windows 98 SE on a Dell Optiplex GX1 550Mbr+. I previously had this very same version of Windows on this machine. The install works perfectly, but when I get to the login screen, I hit escape (or type in the password and press enter), and it just hangs.
I have tried:
- Changing hard drives
- Changing CD drives
- Changing the RAM
- Swapping the hard drive into another machine
- Removing the password
The first 3 points result in no improvement, event if I re-install from scratch.
When I swap the hard drive into another computer, I can log in just fine, so it doesn't seem to be the installation at fault.
When I remove the password (using another computer), it just hangs at the green desktop background. The mouse will move, but nothing ever loads.
CTRL + ALT + DEL will bring up the task manager, and I can restart the computer, or kill the only process (Hidserv).
Running the computer in Safe Mode works.
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Does the computer have a network card and is it connected? The next thing after login is connecting to the network.
– tofro
Apr 6 at 21:09
It has onboard ethernet, but it is not connected.
– Jonathan
Apr 6 at 21:10
Can you try connecting it? Or disable the NIC from safe mode?
– tofro
Apr 6 at 21:11
I connected it to the offline network, to no avail. The online network does not work any better. I'm going to try disabling it from safe mode now
– Jonathan
Apr 6 at 21:17
Disabling the NIC (I did it right from the BIOS) does not work either - it still hangs right after where the login screen would be (I currently have it removed).
– Jonathan
Apr 6 at 21:31
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Does the computer have a network card and is it connected? The next thing after login is connecting to the network.
– tofro
Apr 6 at 21:09
It has onboard ethernet, but it is not connected.
– Jonathan
Apr 6 at 21:10
Can you try connecting it? Or disable the NIC from safe mode?
– tofro
Apr 6 at 21:11
I connected it to the offline network, to no avail. The online network does not work any better. I'm going to try disabling it from safe mode now
– Jonathan
Apr 6 at 21:17
Disabling the NIC (I did it right from the BIOS) does not work either - it still hangs right after where the login screen would be (I currently have it removed).
– Jonathan
Apr 6 at 21:31
Does the computer have a network card and is it connected? The next thing after login is connecting to the network.
– tofro
Apr 6 at 21:09
Does the computer have a network card and is it connected? The next thing after login is connecting to the network.
– tofro
Apr 6 at 21:09
It has onboard ethernet, but it is not connected.
– Jonathan
Apr 6 at 21:10
It has onboard ethernet, but it is not connected.
– Jonathan
Apr 6 at 21:10
Can you try connecting it? Or disable the NIC from safe mode?
– tofro
Apr 6 at 21:11
Can you try connecting it? Or disable the NIC from safe mode?
– tofro
Apr 6 at 21:11
I connected it to the offline network, to no avail. The online network does not work any better. I'm going to try disabling it from safe mode now
– Jonathan
Apr 6 at 21:17
I connected it to the offline network, to no avail. The online network does not work any better. I'm going to try disabling it from safe mode now
– Jonathan
Apr 6 at 21:17
Disabling the NIC (I did it right from the BIOS) does not work either - it still hangs right after where the login screen would be (I currently have it removed).
– Jonathan
Apr 6 at 21:31
Disabling the NIC (I did it right from the BIOS) does not work either - it still hangs right after where the login screen would be (I currently have it removed).
– Jonathan
Apr 6 at 21:31
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I found the answer! Using Safe Mode, in msconf, I disabled all the options in the startup tab except:
- Scan registry
- Task Monitor
- System Tray
That worked, so then I re-enabled the following:
- Load power profile
- Load Power Profile
- Scheduling Agent
C:WINDOWSSYSTEMmstask.exe
That was still working, so I restarted again after enabling
- Welcome
- Hidserv
Since that did work, I finally enabled the last option in msconfig:
- Scheduling agent
mstinit.exe /firstlogon
And it worked!
I tried again on another fresh install on the same computer. This time, I only disabled hidserv, and I got the same success (Windows started normally, and I was able to re-enable hidserv in msconfig). So the problem was hidserv.
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I found the answer! Using Safe Mode, in msconf, I disabled all the options in the startup tab except:
- Scan registry
- Task Monitor
- System Tray
That worked, so then I re-enabled the following:
- Load power profile
- Load Power Profile
- Scheduling Agent
C:WINDOWSSYSTEMmstask.exe
That was still working, so I restarted again after enabling
- Welcome
- Hidserv
Since that did work, I finally enabled the last option in msconfig:
- Scheduling agent
mstinit.exe /firstlogon
And it worked!
I tried again on another fresh install on the same computer. This time, I only disabled hidserv, and I got the same success (Windows started normally, and I was able to re-enable hidserv in msconfig). So the problem was hidserv.
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I found the answer! Using Safe Mode, in msconf, I disabled all the options in the startup tab except:
- Scan registry
- Task Monitor
- System Tray
That worked, so then I re-enabled the following:
- Load power profile
- Load Power Profile
- Scheduling Agent
C:WINDOWSSYSTEMmstask.exe
That was still working, so I restarted again after enabling
- Welcome
- Hidserv
Since that did work, I finally enabled the last option in msconfig:
- Scheduling agent
mstinit.exe /firstlogon
And it worked!
I tried again on another fresh install on the same computer. This time, I only disabled hidserv, and I got the same success (Windows started normally, and I was able to re-enable hidserv in msconfig). So the problem was hidserv.
answered Apr 6 at 22:42
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I found the answer! Using Safe Mode, in msconf, I disabled all the options in the startup tab except:
- Scan registry
- Task Monitor
- System Tray
That worked, so then I re-enabled the following:
- Load power profile
- Load Power Profile
- Scheduling Agent
C:WINDOWSSYSTEMmstask.exe
That was still working, so I restarted again after enabling
- Welcome
- Hidserv
Since that did work, I finally enabled the last option in msconfig:
- Scheduling agent
mstinit.exe /firstlogon
And it worked!
I tried again on another fresh install on the same computer. This time, I only disabled hidserv, and I got the same success (Windows started normally, and I was able to re-enable hidserv in msconfig). So the problem was hidserv.
answered Apr 6 at 22:42
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I found the answer! Using Safe Mode, in msconf, I disabled all the options in the startup tab except:
- Scan registry
- Task Monitor
- System Tray
That worked, so then I re-enabled the following:
- Load power profile
- Load Power Profile
- Scheduling Agent
C:WINDOWSSYSTEMmstask.exe
That was still working, so I restarted again after enabling
- Welcome
- Hidserv
Since that did work, I finally enabled the last option in msconfig:
- Scheduling agent
mstinit.exe /firstlogon
And it worked!
I tried again on another fresh install on the same computer. This time, I only disabled hidserv, and I got the same success (Windows started normally, and I was able to re-enable hidserv in msconfig). So the problem was hidserv.
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Does the computer have a network card and is it connected? The next thing after login is connecting to the network.
– tofro
Apr 6 at 21:09
It has onboard ethernet, but it is not connected.
– Jonathan
Apr 6 at 21:10
Can you try connecting it? Or disable the NIC from safe mode?
– tofro
Apr 6 at 21:11
I connected it to the offline network, to no avail. The online network does not work any better. I'm going to try disabling it from safe mode now
– Jonathan
Apr 6 at 21:17
Disabling the NIC (I did it right from the BIOS) does not work either - it still hangs right after where the login screen would be (I currently have it removed).
– Jonathan
Apr 6 at 21:31