dindows?

[mntechuser]

I'm getting a blue screen fault error that says dindows etc..
Is this indicating a hardware or software issue?

Windows 98 on a Dell Inspiron 5000

Thx!

 

[xotix]

when do you get this error, upon bootup??
try booting in safe mode and see if you got the same message

 

[ADZ]

is it actually saying dindows or did you mistype windows twice?

If it says dindows, it could very well be a fase BSOD, and I would advise a virus scan!

 

[mntechuser]

Well...I removed the HDD from the laptop and added it as a secondary master on my lab machine and scanned for both viruses and spyware. Results showed no viruses but some spyware. I installed it back into the laptop and rescanned the drive again and all was clean.

Then I shut down all processes and it quit giving me the error. The laptop is running crappy Norton stuff including a firewall which I believe may be the issue.

Anyhow, I think the issue is solved.

Still don't know where "dindows" comes from. Yes, it showed "dindows" not "windows". Strange eh...

 

[ShoobieRat]

"dindows" used to show up a lot in the days of 3.x and 95, with a small rash of decompiled copies of windows, known simply as "dindows" for "decompiled-windows".

I'm not saying this is the cause for your "dindows" message, though. Just a stupid fact.

 

[mntechuser]

Could that be a leftover from an upgrade from 95 to 98? I noticed the boot partition says Win95.