Re: Win98/Oracle8i personal crashes on startup

From: Tony Hunt <tonster_at_bigpond.net.au>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 13:57:37 GMT
Message-ID: <lJd97.74824$Xr6.345481_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au>


I wouldn't rule out a virus...

"Dirk Krast" <dbkdbk_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:b6d980b7.0106131039.11765779_at_posting.google.com...
> Greetings all, apologies up front for the long message. I searched
> through newsgroups and websites for answers with no luck.
>
> I installed the 8.1.6 personal edition software (just the client
> portion) on a Win98 machine, and my system now hangs on startup. I've
> gone through numerous MS KnowledgeBase troubleshooting pages, with no
> luck. I can't even start the system in safe mode from the hard disk
> (although I can get to a command prompt). I am able to start in safe
> mode using Norton rescue disks that I maintain.
>
> When I start the machine, it goes through its BIOS startup stuff, does
> the memory count, etc., and then gives me a blue screen of death,
> with: "A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0028:C02A27A8 in VXD
> VWIN32(05) + 000012D0"
>
> I press the space bar, and the system goes back to a blank screen
> (normal part of startup), but then gives me an error message "EXPLORER
> caused an invalid page fault in module EXPLORER.EXE at 0187:00401f31"
> If I click OK, the machine just hangs at that blank screen.
>
> If I try to start in safe mode, I get a different error message:
> "EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module EXPLORER.EXE at
> 0167:00401f31"
>
> I've tried REM-ing the Oracle statements that were added to
> AUTOEXEC.BAT, but that makes no difference. I've tried starting with
> system.ini and win.ini disabled but that makes no difference. I've
> also tried replacing EXPLORER.EXE with a fresh copy, to no avail.
>
> I'm pretty sure the installation of the Win98 Oracle client is the
> culprit. I can boot into safe mode using the Norton rescue disks, and
> can start the universal installer, but the installer indicates that I
> don't have any components installed, even though the files exist.
> And, no Oracle items appear in the Add/Remove programs window. Should
> I just delete all Oracle files? Won't the registry entries remain?
> Am I way off-base with my assumption that the Oracle software is the
> problem?
>
> Any help is most appreciated -- thanks.
>
> Dirk
Received on Mon Jul 30 2001 - 15:57:37 CEST

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