PC mouse not responding after processing system.ini

[hnts]

I have a PC that has a corrupted System.ini file. I'n mot sure how this happenned but I know it's not a virus. Or, at least that what norton 2004 is telling me. What I'd like to know is how can I re-create a system.ini file without re=installing w98, or is that my only option?

 

[TekTippy4U]

First try;
Boot to the win98 startup menu by pressing and holding the CTRL key down during POST, right before win98 logo would appear....Choose "Safe Mode Command Prompt Only"

Type Scanreg /restore and choose a known good backup copy from up to 5 days ago....you'll lose only the data and whatever settings changes you made between now and then.

If you recently cleaned a virus this is not such a great idea....post back

TT4U

Notification:
These are just my thoughts....and should be carefully measured against other opinions.
Backup All Important Data/Docs

 

[tviman]

What makes you think the system.ini file is corrupted?

There's always a better way. The fun is trying to find it!

 

[hnts]

The reason I thought system.ini was corrupted was because it looked stragge when viewing it with regedit. Sure enough I replaced the file and the mouse started working again in normal mode. I'm not sure what caused the file to corrupt but it fixed now. Next.

 

[TekTippy4U]

ummm , you don't "view" system.ini with regedit.

TT4U

Notification:
These are just my thoughts....and should be carefully measured against other opinions.
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[tviman]

Well, I'm glad you got it fixed - but how did you read system.ini with regedit?

There's always a better way. The fun is trying to find it!

 

[tviman]

My reason for asking: system.ini is used almost exclusively by 16 bit applications or those that can't read the registry. Also, since this file is a plain text file and gets written to very little, if at all, then you may have other problems if the file was, in fact, corrupted.

There's always a better way. The fun is trying to find it!