Not VB: Advice if Win9x hangs on Startup.

[Guv]

Thought this might be helpful to some of you.

I and friends of mine have had Windows startup quit with the Windows Logo displayed. Several of my friends reinstalled Windows to solve the problem. One reformatted his C-Drive & reinstalled because he could not find another solution.

After considerable research, I discovered that various events can happen which require a response, but the Window with the Question & Reply Buttons is hidden behind the Logo.

A file called MSDOS.SYS can be edited to include "Logo=0" under "[Options]", which will prevent Logo from appearing.
All of my friends have done this with their systems. When (if) problem occurs, a message indicating the cause will be visible. In addition, on a normal startup you see some extra data.

[ravcam]

hmm... I'll have to remember this... although the only time it happend to me I just commented out my autoexec.bat commands and those in config.sys and as crazy as it souds it actually werked...

btw... Yes I know that windows does not require nor use these files during bootup but for some strange reason it worked...

[Buzby]

You can also hit ESCAPE when the logo screen is displayed to see what's going on behind it.

[Guv]

Are you sure that Escape Key will get rid of Logo under all circumstances?

I do not know what my friends tried when Windows 9x hung on startup. I know I would have tried Escape & Cntrl-Brk.

[Buzby]

Once the PC has hung ESCAPE won't do anything - however, if you hit ESCAPE as soon as you see the logo you can see what's going on behind the scenes which may give you a clue as to what caused the hang-up.