I am having a private nightmare with this computer. I have had a problem on startup where the process stops after Doskey installed with a Question (something like) LOCK means progs may access files/discs and may alter or damage them....do you want to continue? Y/N....answer N....the computer restarts but gets to the same question and loops round and round regardless of answer Y or N.....can start in safe mode, restored registry and can do step by step startup ending in command prompt...enter WIN..."no Himem.sys" or "No WIN.com"....back to safe mode...scandisc and restore...no luck....finally "Step by Step" but press "escape" at DOS bits and...voila...here I am able to send a message again but no idea if I have done the right thing or whether it will happen again next time I shut down. Has cured my clock problem though!

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