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You are WAY beyond me here! Anyhow, I tried to restart in DOS and all I got was a black screen with the curser flashing in the upper left. It would respond to no keys, I could type in nothing!

Did that. Nothing happened.

I did what you said this is what I got, a box that said unplug or eject hardware. In the box there was nothing to choose from, it was empty!

I did what you said. I even copied and pasted but it made no difference. I checked the file again and PATH C:\;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM c:\windows\win is not there! I know I saved it. Why would it disappear?

Strange thing! When I opened it again the "win" that I typed in before was gone! Here is how it looks now after I added the 'win" again. SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 H7 P330 T6 SET SBPCI=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\AUDIO\DOSDRV win I just restarted with the "win" in place. I then checked the autoexex file and the "win" was gone again!

Yes. Nothing seemed wrong At the end, on a new line.

Did that and got a popup notice that said, Cannot find the file %SystemRoot%\System32\RUNDLL32.EXE....

I am running Windows 98 SE When I boot up my computer it stops at a page (looks like dos) that says C:\, it waits for me to add "win" once I have done that it boots up properly and everything works. What has happened here? At one time the computer would boot up fully with no problem, I did not have to type in "win" I checked to see if my msdos.sys file was wrong but it said "BootGUI=1" as it should I also added "win" to the autoexec.bat file but it still will not boot up as it should. I suppose the best way would be to reinstall Windows 98 but when I try that it will not accept the serial number, which I know is correct.

OK, I installed that but I still don't see the icon!

Just that one.

I am new here. I was directed to this site by a friend. I am going to hit you with vexing problem. It is so vexing that even the manufacture of the product does not know what to do! I have a Maxtor external hard drive. When it is connected, an icon appears in the task bar. When one clicks on that icon one can safely disconnect the external hard drive. Now to the problem. I clicked on it once and it gave, along with the usual disconnect button, the option to hid the icon. I clicked on it (Don't ask why!) I assumed I could un-click it later. Was I wrong! The icon is now hidden and I can get it back. I can't even un-check the box I clicked as I need to see the icon to do that. Maxtor said this is a Windows problem. There is a way to un-hide icons in the task bar, but they did not know how to do it. Got any ideas? I have tried re-installing but that does no good. (I am running Windows 98 SE)