dell ins.3000

[BC GREEN]

win.98-2,10gig hdd.,144mb ram,when i reboot it boots to dos with a warning,xms driver not installed,himem.sys is missing.i can shut down & then power back up and windows loads ok.

[imaeditedbysowulo]

Have you checked C:\Windows to see if the file exists?

[NooNoo]

Seems like restart, is trying to restart in dos mode and using the wrong autoexec /config settings, but why its restarting to dos is a mystery.

[freddy]

had this years ago ,,,tried to play a game ,,,etc machine shuts down and runs in dos mode ,,,

ever ending circle ,,,

FtF

[BC GREEN]

this is driveing me nuts. im begining to think norton is the culperit.reloaded os 3 times,after i load the programs and restarts work fine .last thing i load is norton and get updates it startes the sos. the second time i reinstall every thing norton locked-up on me and i had to start all over again because i couldnt uninstall norton.cleaned the cdrom lenz and flopy with cleaning cd & flopy disk.some think keep turning the a20 controler off.it`s all greek to me.

[imaeditedbysowulo]

Try this link:

<a href="http://service4.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nsw.nsf/docid/1998091615025007" target="_blank">http://service4.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nsw.nsf/docid/1998091615025007</a>

[BC GREEN]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by imaeditedbysowulo:
<strong>Try this link:

<a href="http://service4.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nsw.nsf/docid/1998091615025007" target="_blank">http://service4.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nsw.nsf/docid/1998091615025007</a></strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">THAT WAS IT . GOT IT FIXED .THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR REPLYS.edit autoexc.bat fixed it