idj_187

i installed photo shop cs2...welll i turned off the computer and now when i turn it back on i get a black screen with with like a flashing cursor on the top left hand corner...left it on for a day and still nothing...any ideas?

grumpygit

Hi and welcome to TSF.
What operating system are you using on the computer with the problem?

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idj_187

im using 98

grumpygit

Does anything happen before it goes to a black screen or does it go straight to it as soon as you turn on.
Have you tried booting from your windows CD (if you don't have one, you can download a boot disk from the link below.

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

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idj_187

i turn it on and it says e-machines...then it goes to that screen

grumpygit

Can you boot into SAFE mode. (tapping the f8 key during startup)

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idj_187

no i cant.

grumpygit

How about booting from CD?
Also does the computer bleep during startup?

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idj_187

it doesnt bleep and i havent tried the cd yet...the computer is actually my girlfriends and i normally go down theiur every weekend so ill try the cd maybe this friday

OldGrayGary

Hi all


Adobe Photoshop CS2 is not supported for Windows 98. The oldest supported version of Windows for Photoshop CS2 is Windows 2000.

From the Adobe Knowledge Base:
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Quick-Fix try:
If you are lucky, you can try booting from a Win98 bootable floppy diskette
or Win98 bootable CD. Win98 bootable floppy diskettes can be downloaded from http://www.bootdisk.com.

If you can successfully boot to a command prompt, try the command that will restore a saved Registry, like this:
A:> scanreg /restore

If there is a saved Registry from before the CS2 install, use that date.
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If you haven't a saved Registry from earlier than that, and if you aren't able to boot into Safe Mode, you will likely need to try an "over-the-top" in-place reinstall of Windows ... for this, you need either a Windows 98 Installation CD, or the installation ".cab" files copied onto the hard drive (often in a location such as C:\Windows\Options\Cabs). If you don't have a Windows 98 CD to work with, you may have to either borrow one, or use a Recovery Disk set that came with the computer. For a Recovery Disk, follow the instructions from the manufacturer.
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Here are the instructions for an "over-the-top" in-place reinstall of Windows 98/98se/Me....

Windows 98/Me "Over-the-top" Reinstall

Sometimes an over-the-top reinstallation of Windows can be a timesaver. On most recent computers the whole procedure can take as little as 30 or 40 minutes. A nice feature of this procedure is that your programs do not have to be reinstalled, and your data is not lost. You likely will need to visit Windows Update when finished, though, to download and reinstall some of the Security Updates. [Windows Update still works for Windows 98/Me, even though its period of active support by Microsoft expired in mid-2006 (all the updates up to that point can still be found there)].

Beforehand:

You may need to temporarily disable the Bios virus protection that is found on some motherboards (if your motherboard does not have this feature, you can skip this step). Enter Bios Setup by pressing the key displayed during startup, and somewhere on the first or second menu should be an item to Enable or Disable Bios Virus Protection (might be called BiosShield, or VirusGuard, or whatnot) ---> then, when you're finished with your reinstallation of Windows, re-Enable the Bios protection feature.

During the reinstall, it is also a good idea to be entirely disconnected from any networks, wired or wireless (unplug ethernet cables, disable wireless), and to be disconnected from printers, scanners, cameras, multifunction devices, fax machines, PDAs, memory card readers, USB flash drives, external USB/Firewire/eSATA drives, etc.

Over The Top ReInstall:

Place your Windows98/Me CD in the CD/DVD drive (or be ready to point Windows to the place on your hard drive where your Windows 98/Me installation files are stored).

Boot with a bootable floppy or CD - "with CD-rom support", and from DOS rename the win.com file to win.bak. Like this

C:
cd \Windows
rename win.com win.bak

If you have the Windows 98/Me CD in your CD/DVD drive, you can then switch to the drive letter of your CD drive [often drive D:], simply by typing the drive letter followed by a colon ( for example - D: ) at the command prompt. You can then start setup by typing setup from the command prompt.

If you don't have a Windows 9x/Me installation CD, but instead have the Windows 98/Me installation files on your hard drive, switch to that location (which is often C:\Windows\Options\Cabs - by typing cd C:\Windows\Options\Cabs ), and start setup (by simply type the command: setup)

***Important!*** When Windows asks if you want to use the directory C:\Windows.000, instead choose Other and type in C:\Windows (without the .000 following).

Make sure that you have your antivirus, antispyware, and firewall running before you connect to networks afterward. Don't forget to visit Windows Update ASAP to get the Critical Patches the need reinstalling.
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Best of luck
. . . Gary

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