Does renaming SYSTEM.DAT solve the problem?
Action:
Restore the Registry to the state when Windows was last started:
1) Shut down Windows and restart in MS-DOS mode.
a) Click the 'Start' button to display the 'Start' menu.
b) Select 'Shut Down...'. (The 'Shut Down Windows' dialog box appears.)
c) Select the 'Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode?' radio button, and click 'Yes'.
'Shut Down Windows'
2) To change to the root directory, type the following, and press ENTER:
CD
3) To remove the attributes for the SYSTEM.DAT file, type the following, and press ENTER:
ATTRIB -H -R -S C:\<WINDOWS>\SYSTEM.DAT
(where <WINDOWS> is the directory in which Windows 95 is installed).
4) Type the following command, and press ENTER:
REN C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.DAT C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.BAD
5) Reboot the computer.
Question:
Does renaming SYSTEM.DAT solve the problem?
Responses:
Yes, renaming SYSTEM.DAT works
No, error still occurs after renaming SYSTEM.DAT
