Error at startup.... Win 98 SE

[amit123guy 0]

Hey,

I have a problem with my Windows 98 machine. When i start up it give the following message:

 

MSTASK caused an invalid page fault in

module MSTASK.EXE at 01a7:01009335.

Registers:

EAX=00000001 CS=01a7 EIP=01009335 EFLGS=00010246

EBX=00000218 SS=01af ESP=0056f6a4 EBP=0056f6c4

ECX=00000000 DS=01af ESI=00000001 FS=120f

EDX=7fd18c45 ES=01af EDI=0050000c GS=0000

Bytes at CS:EIP:

ff b1 d4 00 00 00 ff 15 f0 11 00 01 85 c0 75 2a

Stack dump:

0100289e 0056f6cc 0000873c 0056f718 14aa0000 88260000 3b850000 00000000 0056f6e4 bff7363b 00000128 0000cc2d 00000000 00000000 87161157 000001af

 

Then i cant open any folder from the desktop.Not even the My computer icon works. Temporarily i use internet explorer to open up my drives.

Any help is greatly appriciated.

Thankx.....

[peterh 1]

Try using REGSCAN from DOS to revert to an older version of the Registry.

Have you checked for viruses or spyware?

Have you recently installed or upgraded any software or hardware?