Okay the second cmd works however it brings up a blue edit screen with all kinds of info. I dont even know where to start with it. Alas the vvinesd.386 is missing. with regards the cont-alt-del to start explorer, unlike XP when I use it on 98 I do not get a run command , simply a close program and exit button.
is there anyway I cam bring the info from my old pc to this so I can show you what it says.

Thanks

See if you can boot to safe mode.

LC

I can but same deal with explorer.