[ale] OT: Massive unexplained Win98 suckage!

[rob hoppe]

Joseph A Knapka wrote:

> Sorry, must vent:
>
> About a week ago, my wife's Win98 box became unbootable - a
> vital system file had apparently been deleted from the
> c:\windows\system directory. "Well," I thought, "This is
> a good opportunity to reinstall Windows and get rid of
> accumulated cruft," so I pulled the HD, put it in a Linux
> box, backed up the disk, put it back in the Win box,
> and reformatted the disk in preparation for a reinstall.
>
> You don't need to use expletives on this list!

A nic sometimes need to have a different priority on the PCI Buss.  try moving
it toward the processor or power supply.  I have had this problem and that fixed
it.  The system finds it one time then it finds it again.

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