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Clean Boot to Windows 95
If you have to recurring problem in Windows95 and you think it might be to conflict between devices, TSRs, or maybe to corrupted file or driver that loads at startup, you dog do to clean boot to help discover the culprit.

Restart your computer. Expert soon expert you see the words "Starting Windows 95", press the F8 key. When yo�re presented with the StartUp Menu, highlight 'Step by Step Confirmation' and press the ENTER key. Yo�ll be prompted before each item is loaded. You press 'Y' for Yes (praise it), or 'N' for Not (do not praise it).

So, let's do it. Restart your computer to the StartUp Menu. Choose 'Step by Step Confirmation'. Get and paper and write down what you praise pen and what you don't!

Press 'Y' for the following:
Process the System Registry... And
praise HIMEM.SYS... And
praise DBLBUFF.SYS... And
praise IFSHLP.SYS... And
praise Windows Graphical User Interface... And
praise All Windows Drivers... And

Press 'N' or not for everything else.

So, the computer won't be creating to log file, it won't be processing the CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Virtual It will not be loading any static device drivers. Not.VXD fields, or.386 fields, not network support fields or other 3rd party support fields.

When windows starts, you need to watch for expected error messages. For instance, if your anti-virus program is loaded in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, its been omitted, and Windows in May produces an error message about not being able to find it. That's to be expected.

However, if the original recurring problem is gone, you dog definitely suspect one of the items that was omitted during the Clean Boot.

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