multi copies of MS DOS Prompt

[pamshanta]

After I boot up to my Win98SE to Desktop, multi copies of MS Dos Prompt
appearing. Thinking that its infection, I scan my hdd and got rid of the bad
stuff. However, this MS Dos Prompt boxes does not seems to go away. How can I
stop it from appearing? TIA

 

[Fan924]

What is in the MS Dos Prompt window? Was there a program run?

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

What are the titles of the prompts? What's written in the top title bar. How
many show up at each startup?

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"pamshanta" <pamshanta@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AE8558AB-57C0-4FB4-811B-2D414A020303@microsoft.com...
> After I boot up to my Win98SE to Desktop, multi copies of MS Dos Prompt
> appearing. Thinking that its infection, I scan my hdd and got rid of the
> bad
> stuff. However, this MS Dos Prompt boxes does not seems to go away. How
> can I
> stop it from appearing? TIA

 

[MEB]

"pamshanta" <pamshanta@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AE8558AB-57C0-4FB4-811B-2D414A020303@microsoft.com...
| After I boot up to my Win98SE to Desktop, multi copies of MS Dos Prompt
| appearing. Thinking that its infection, I scan my hdd and got rid of the
bad
| stuff. However, this MS Dos Prompt boxes does not seems to go away. How
can I
| stop it from appearing? TIA

Okay, so you say you can boot to Windows HOWEVER, when it starts the GUI
you get multiple instances of a DOS box/prompt?

If this is the case, first check that you have no links to a DOS program in
your Startup folder.

Second, did you have other programs installed recently that you removed?

Was this computer infected and you cleaned it?

If none of the above apply, then you may have something in your autorun
entries in the registry, run HiJackThis, and post to one of the forums which
deal with these issues..

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MEB
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[pamshanta]

What I did was to go to msconfig & uncheck most items and also remove all the
unwanted programes from Add/Remove. All the titles 'MS Dos prompt boxes does
not appear anymore. (fyi the black boxes does not have any words in it when
it appears earlier on).

Now when I try to double click my "C", a SET UP dialogue box appears saying
" Intel(R) family SetUp is preparing the installing wizard which will guide
you through the process." Nothing happens and then another dialogue box
appears" Severe" "OS type not included in the install media" with "ok" for
you to closed the box. That means I cant see the content in my "C" drive.

Any clue as how can I see the contentin "C"?

"MEB" wrote:

>
> "pamshanta" <pamshanta@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:AE8558AB-57C0-4FB4-811B-2D414A020303@microsoft.com...
> | After I boot up to my Win98SE to Desktop, multi copies of MS Dos Prompt
> | appearing. Thinking that its infection, I scan my hdd and got rid of the
> bad
> | stuff. However, this MS Dos Prompt boxes does not seems to go away. How
> can I
> | stop it from appearing? TIA
>
> Okay, so you say you can boot to Windows HOWEVER, when it starts the GUI
> you get multiple instances of a DOS box/prompt?
>
> If this is the case, first check that you have no links to a DOS program in
> your Startup folder.
>
> Second, did you have other programs installed recently that you removed?
>
> Was this computer infected and you cleaned it?
>
> If none of the above apply, then you may have something in your autorun
> entries in the registry, run HiJackThis, and post to one of the forums which
> deal with these issues..
>
> --
> MEB
> http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
> --
> _________
>
>
>
>

 

[MEB]

"pamshanta" <pamshanta@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C3390B02-B035-4CF6-80AE-21804B675E4C@microsoft.com...
| What I did was to go to msconfig & uncheck most items and also remove all
the
| unwanted programes from Add/Remove. All the titles 'MS Dos prompt boxes
does
| not appear anymore. (fyi the black boxes does not have any words in it
when
| it appears earlier on).
|
| Now when I try to double click my "C", a SET UP dialogue box appears
saying
| " Intel(R) family SetUp is preparing the installing wizard which will
guide
| you through the process." Nothing happens and then another dialogue box
| appears" Severe" "OS type not included in the install media" with "ok" for
| you to closed the box. That means I cant see the content in my "C" drive.
|
| Any clue as how can I see the contentin "C"?

Sounds like you went a bit overboard there. As we have no idea what you
removed or disabled, it makes it difficult to diagnose.

The Intel issue indicates that you likely have an application
accellerator/hard drive access issue {or chipset driver} [which you may have
uninstalled or disabled]. What Intel chipset is it? Computer model and make
and/or motherboard manufacturer would help with that issue, so we can
determine whether one was applied or not..

Blindly [meaning without understanding] disabling things in MSCONFIG and
removing things you think you don't want or need,, MAY help to remove an
issue, but one should be aware that some things are necessary. Try enabling
whatever you disabled *one at a time* until you get the DOS box issue back.
That will give you the target issue/whatever that MIGHT be involved. Post
what ever you find appears to be the issue..

Re-disable that program, then walk through the rest [one at a time enable]
to see if they are related, or cause issues.

|
| "MEB" wrote:
|
| >
| > "pamshanta" <pamshanta@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > news:AE8558AB-57C0-4FB4-811B-2D414A020303@microsoft.com...
| > | After I boot up to my Win98SE to Desktop, multi copies of MS Dos
Prompt
| > | appearing. Thinking that its infection, I scan my hdd and got rid of
the
| > bad
| > | stuff. However, this MS Dos Prompt boxes does not seems to go away.
How
| > can I
| > | stop it from appearing? TIA
| >
| > Okay, so you say you can boot to Windows HOWEVER, when it starts the
GUI
| > you get multiple instances of a DOS box/prompt?
| >
| > If this is the case, first check that you have no links to a DOS
program in
| > your Startup folder.
| >
| > Second, did you have other programs installed recently that you
removed?
| >
| > Was this computer infected and you cleaned it?
| >
| > If none of the above apply, then you may have something in your autorun
| > entries in the registry, run HiJackThis, and post to one of the forums
which
| > deal with these issues..
| >
| > --
| > MEB

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