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What's the exact message? Have you tried using your erd.

If you've already deleted the symevent key, than check you're system.ini, in the [386enh] section for symevnt.386. Add a ; in front of it. I would double the registry to make sure that key is gone and then restart.

Maybe you're open or command key could be corrupted or missing.Have you checked hk classes root\exefile\shell\open or \command to make sure you have them. You might try kb article q172223.

What's the error message?

You can try to rename the favorites folder, it is possibly corrupted.Boot to safe mode command prompt only and changeto the windows directory.Rename it from favori~1 to oldfav.When you reboot the favorites will be recreated.There is a kb article on this , I just dont know the article #.

Depending on your bios, you should be able to disable the on board video in the bios.Look for a menu that refers to integrated devices or on board devices.

Can you click on details and get the module where the illegal operation occurred.

One good way to determine if it is the cmos battery, is to check the bios time before booting into nt.

Do you have win98 se or win98. Is it oe 4 or 5.If it's the original installation of outlook express you can extract rpcrt4.dll from the win98 cd by using system file checker.Just type sfc at the run line and choose to extract file from installation disk. That file could of been changed or corrupted.

Try disabling some of the applications running in the background. It could be something that's loading in memory that's causing the problem.You can use msconfig from the run line.Choose selective startup from the general tab.You can then remove all the checks below selective startup and click...

Besides checking the system configuration utility, you can also check the run and run services keys in the registry.Hk local machine\software\microsoft\windows\current version\.

Have you tried to disable fast shutdown.It's in msconfig>general tab>advanced.Also is it second edition.If it is have you tried updating the bios.