Now can't get into Win98 via normal route or Safe mode and scanreg/restore doesn't help either!!!!!!!! I can use my Linux to alter any neccessary files(I renamed autoexec.bat and config.sys without a difference) and post here so I hope you can help.Funny thing is a friend phoned yesterday with the exact same symptoms ,but hadn't said he updated windows,I will call in the morning and confirm my guess that his was caused by MS also .

It gets to the desktop wallpaper and then the taskbar flashes and then nothing else.I can move my mouse and Ctl+Alt+Del shows nothing listed I'm gonna try a bootlog.txt run and read it via linux and see what it says.
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Win98se/Mandrake 8.1
IwillKK266+
VolcanoII/RadioShack paste
266DDR T-bird @ 1.4
384 MB PC133
Matrox G450 32MB AGP

[This message has been edited by wonderinguy34 (edited 02-23-2002).]