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- From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
- Subject: Re: HELP: Windows disappear as soon as it starts!
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- References: <1992Dec24.031618.10139@news.uiowa.edu> <1hluibINNpfu@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 17:29:01 GMT
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- In article <1hluibINNpfu@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> aj923@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (P. J. Remner) writes:
- >
- >In a previous article, seamin@icaen.uiowa.edu (Seyamak Amin) says:
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- >>I tried to reinstall both DOS and Windows. During the windows
- >>setup procedure (on Disk 2) before I get any Windows screen the
- >>setup process stops and gives me the following error message:
- >>
- >>Standard Mode: Fault in MS-DOS Extender.
- >>EC=0000 CS=0053 IP=2B9A AX=0500 ...
- >> ...
-
- >But seriously, it sounds like a HIMEM.SYS problem. Fortunately, I had
- >the same problem with my no-name 486SX/25 with 4Mb RAM and a 105Mb hard
- >disk. Unfortunately, I forgot how I solved it. :-(
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- If you haven't tried this already,
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- 1) remark out the himem.sys line
- 2) delete himem.sys off the root of the hard drive
- 3) delete Windows completely
- 4) reinstall Windows
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