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Windows 98 hangs after entering password on fresh install


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I am doing a fresh reinstall of Windows 98 SE on a Dell Optiplex GX1 550Mbr+. I previously had this very same version of Windows on this machine. The install works perfectly, but when I get to the login screen, I hit escape (or type in the password and press enter), and it just hangs.



I have tried:



  1. Changing hard drives

  2. Changing CD drives

  3. Changing the RAM

  4. Swapping the hard drive into another machine

  5. Removing the password

The first 3 points result in no improvement, event if I re-install from scratch.



When I swap the hard drive into another computer, I can log in just fine, so it doesn't seem to be the installation at fault.



When I remove the password (using another computer), it just hangs at the green desktop background. The mouse will move, but nothing ever loads.



CTRL + ALT + DEL will bring up the task manager, and I can restart the computer, or kill the only process (Hidserv).



Running the computer in Safe Mode works.










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  • Does the computer have a network card and is it connected? The next thing after login is connecting to the network.

    – tofro
    5 hours ago











  • It has onboard ethernet, but it is not connected.

    – Jonathan
    5 hours ago











  • Can you try connecting it? Or disable the NIC from safe mode?

    – tofro
    5 hours ago












  • I connected it to the offline network, to no avail. The online network does not work any better. I'm going to try disabling it from safe mode now

    – Jonathan
    5 hours ago












  • Disabling the NIC (I did it right from the BIOS) does not work either - it still hangs right after where the login screen would be (I currently have it removed).

    – Jonathan
    4 hours ago















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I am doing a fresh reinstall of Windows 98 SE on a Dell Optiplex GX1 550Mbr+. I previously had this very same version of Windows on this machine. The install works perfectly, but when I get to the login screen, I hit escape (or type in the password and press enter), and it just hangs.



I have tried:



  1. Changing hard drives

  2. Changing CD drives

  3. Changing the RAM

  4. Swapping the hard drive into another machine

  5. Removing the password

The first 3 points result in no improvement, event if I re-install from scratch.



When I swap the hard drive into another computer, I can log in just fine, so it doesn't seem to be the installation at fault.



When I remove the password (using another computer), it just hangs at the green desktop background. The mouse will move, but nothing ever loads.



CTRL + ALT + DEL will bring up the task manager, and I can restart the computer, or kill the only process (Hidserv).



Running the computer in Safe Mode works.










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  • Does the computer have a network card and is it connected? The next thing after login is connecting to the network.

    – tofro
    5 hours ago











  • It has onboard ethernet, but it is not connected.

    – Jonathan
    5 hours ago











  • Can you try connecting it? Or disable the NIC from safe mode?

    – tofro
    5 hours ago












  • I connected it to the offline network, to no avail. The online network does not work any better. I'm going to try disabling it from safe mode now

    – Jonathan
    5 hours ago












  • Disabling the NIC (I did it right from the BIOS) does not work either - it still hangs right after where the login screen would be (I currently have it removed).

    – Jonathan
    4 hours ago













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I am doing a fresh reinstall of Windows 98 SE on a Dell Optiplex GX1 550Mbr+. I previously had this very same version of Windows on this machine. The install works perfectly, but when I get to the login screen, I hit escape (or type in the password and press enter), and it just hangs.



I have tried:



  1. Changing hard drives

  2. Changing CD drives

  3. Changing the RAM

  4. Swapping the hard drive into another machine

  5. Removing the password

The first 3 points result in no improvement, event if I re-install from scratch.



When I swap the hard drive into another computer, I can log in just fine, so it doesn't seem to be the installation at fault.



When I remove the password (using another computer), it just hangs at the green desktop background. The mouse will move, but nothing ever loads.



CTRL + ALT + DEL will bring up the task manager, and I can restart the computer, or kill the only process (Hidserv).



Running the computer in Safe Mode works.










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I am doing a fresh reinstall of Windows 98 SE on a Dell Optiplex GX1 550Mbr+. I previously had this very same version of Windows on this machine. The install works perfectly, but when I get to the login screen, I hit escape (or type in the password and press enter), and it just hangs.



I have tried:



  1. Changing hard drives

  2. Changing CD drives

  3. Changing the RAM

  4. Swapping the hard drive into another machine

  5. Removing the password

The first 3 points result in no improvement, event if I re-install from scratch.



When I swap the hard drive into another computer, I can log in just fine, so it doesn't seem to be the installation at fault.



When I remove the password (using another computer), it just hangs at the green desktop background. The mouse will move, but nothing ever loads.



CTRL + ALT + DEL will bring up the task manager, and I can restart the computer, or kill the only process (Hidserv).



Running the computer in Safe Mode works.







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  • Does the computer have a network card and is it connected? The next thing after login is connecting to the network.

    – tofro
    5 hours ago











  • It has onboard ethernet, but it is not connected.

    – Jonathan
    5 hours ago











  • Can you try connecting it? Or disable the NIC from safe mode?

    – tofro
    5 hours ago












  • I connected it to the offline network, to no avail. The online network does not work any better. I'm going to try disabling it from safe mode now

    – Jonathan
    5 hours ago












  • Disabling the NIC (I did it right from the BIOS) does not work either - it still hangs right after where the login screen would be (I currently have it removed).

    – Jonathan
    4 hours ago

















  • Does the computer have a network card and is it connected? The next thing after login is connecting to the network.

    – tofro
    5 hours ago











  • It has onboard ethernet, but it is not connected.

    – Jonathan
    5 hours ago











  • Can you try connecting it? Or disable the NIC from safe mode?

    – tofro
    5 hours ago












  • I connected it to the offline network, to no avail. The online network does not work any better. I'm going to try disabling it from safe mode now

    – Jonathan
    5 hours ago












  • Disabling the NIC (I did it right from the BIOS) does not work either - it still hangs right after where the login screen would be (I currently have it removed).

    – Jonathan
    4 hours ago
















Does the computer have a network card and is it connected? The next thing after login is connecting to the network.

– tofro
5 hours ago





Does the computer have a network card and is it connected? The next thing after login is connecting to the network.

– tofro
5 hours ago













It has onboard ethernet, but it is not connected.

– Jonathan
5 hours ago





It has onboard ethernet, but it is not connected.

– Jonathan
5 hours ago













Can you try connecting it? Or disable the NIC from safe mode?

– tofro
5 hours ago






Can you try connecting it? Or disable the NIC from safe mode?

– tofro
5 hours ago














I connected it to the offline network, to no avail. The online network does not work any better. I'm going to try disabling it from safe mode now

– Jonathan
5 hours ago






I connected it to the offline network, to no avail. The online network does not work any better. I'm going to try disabling it from safe mode now

– Jonathan
5 hours ago














Disabling the NIC (I did it right from the BIOS) does not work either - it still hangs right after where the login screen would be (I currently have it removed).

– Jonathan
4 hours ago





Disabling the NIC (I did it right from the BIOS) does not work either - it still hangs right after where the login screen would be (I currently have it removed).

– Jonathan
4 hours ago










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I found the answer! Using Safe Mode, in msconf, I disabled all the options in the startup tab except:



  • Scan registry

  • Task Monitor

  • System Tray

That worked, so then I re-enabled the following:



  • Load power profile

  • Load Power Profile

  • Scheduling Agent C:WINDOWSSYSTEMmstask.exe

That was still working, so I restarted again after enabling



  • Welcome

  • Hidserv

Since that did work, I finally enabled the last option in msconfig:



  • Scheduling agent mstinit.exe /firstlogon

And it worked!



I tried again on another fresh install on the same computer. This time, I only disabled hidserv, and I got the same success (Windows started normally, and I was able to re-enable hidserv in msconfig). So the problem was hidserv.






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    I found the answer! Using Safe Mode, in msconf, I disabled all the options in the startup tab except:



    • Scan registry

    • Task Monitor

    • System Tray

    That worked, so then I re-enabled the following:



    • Load power profile

    • Load Power Profile

    • Scheduling Agent C:WINDOWSSYSTEMmstask.exe

    That was still working, so I restarted again after enabling



    • Welcome

    • Hidserv

    Since that did work, I finally enabled the last option in msconfig:



    • Scheduling agent mstinit.exe /firstlogon

    And it worked!



    I tried again on another fresh install on the same computer. This time, I only disabled hidserv, and I got the same success (Windows started normally, and I was able to re-enable hidserv in msconfig). So the problem was hidserv.






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      I found the answer! Using Safe Mode, in msconf, I disabled all the options in the startup tab except:



      • Scan registry

      • Task Monitor

      • System Tray

      That worked, so then I re-enabled the following:



      • Load power profile

      • Load Power Profile

      • Scheduling Agent C:WINDOWSSYSTEMmstask.exe

      That was still working, so I restarted again after enabling



      • Welcome

      • Hidserv

      Since that did work, I finally enabled the last option in msconfig:



      • Scheduling agent mstinit.exe /firstlogon

      And it worked!



      I tried again on another fresh install on the same computer. This time, I only disabled hidserv, and I got the same success (Windows started normally, and I was able to re-enable hidserv in msconfig). So the problem was hidserv.






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        I found the answer! Using Safe Mode, in msconf, I disabled all the options in the startup tab except:



        • Scan registry

        • Task Monitor

        • System Tray

        That worked, so then I re-enabled the following:



        • Load power profile

        • Load Power Profile

        • Scheduling Agent C:WINDOWSSYSTEMmstask.exe

        That was still working, so I restarted again after enabling



        • Welcome

        • Hidserv

        Since that did work, I finally enabled the last option in msconfig:



        • Scheduling agent mstinit.exe /firstlogon

        And it worked!



        I tried again on another fresh install on the same computer. This time, I only disabled hidserv, and I got the same success (Windows started normally, and I was able to re-enable hidserv in msconfig). So the problem was hidserv.






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        I found the answer! Using Safe Mode, in msconf, I disabled all the options in the startup tab except:



        • Scan registry

        • Task Monitor

        • System Tray

        That worked, so then I re-enabled the following:



        • Load power profile

        • Load Power Profile

        • Scheduling Agent C:WINDOWSSYSTEMmstask.exe

        That was still working, so I restarted again after enabling



        • Welcome

        • Hidserv

        Since that did work, I finally enabled the last option in msconfig:



        • Scheduling agent mstinit.exe /firstlogon

        And it worked!



        I tried again on another fresh install on the same computer. This time, I only disabled hidserv, and I got the same success (Windows started normally, and I was able to re-enable hidserv in msconfig). So the problem was hidserv.







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