Registry Checker Continues to Detect Registry Damage [186909
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=186909
Also see this article if Norton AV is installed:
http://snipurl.com/10w
There have been some reports in the past of MSN Messenger causing the
problem.

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Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
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Knowledge Base Info:
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> I seem to have a persisting problem when i start windows
> 98. The error prompt is Windows Registry Checker found an
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> Thanx
> Lathika