Harold, I was referring to formatting the hard drive and reinstalling windows because if the settings are being lost every time the system freezes then usually it's a good sign to format the drive and reinstall the OS and all the software. How often does your system freeze and require a cold boot?
Peter Kaulback In the hour of 12:20 PM 3/2/2002 -0500, Harold B. spoke this: >Original Problem: Using Windows98 I notice a new problem. We know that a >computer >freezes once in awhile; must happen to the best of us. But what I notice >now is that >after a freeze (and a cold bootup), all the shortcut keys in the start >menu stop >functioning and have to be re-configured. > >When I go to the Start menu, look at the shortcut's properties ... the key >stroke is >still listed but non-functioning. I then have to backstroke the key label, >and hit the >shortcut key again, and ok. It's a nuisance re-configuring the shortcut >keys after each >freeze and bootup. Can anything be done (besides never having a computer >freeze)? > >Peter Kaulback suggests: Reformat and reinstall, the favorite past time of >windows. >Whenever it begins to get really cranky and forgetful you have to backup, >wipe the >drive, and reinstall. > >Hi Peter (and any other shortcut key enthusiasts) ... please explain: What >should I >reformat and what file should I reinstall? I hope I don't need the entire >harddrive >reformatted. In Hewlett-Packard that's called s system recovery (and I back >*everything* up). If it is just some file, I might be able to get it off >the recovery >disk ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
