Thet are in blue type and its amess to look at...Apparently this may
have something to do with windows updating. If i ger rid of them, would
I be uninstalling those recent updates? Why would they be listed as
Uninstall...to confuse us?

When I start system in SAFE Mode I still have the problem.  However, using
Win98SE ScanDisk / Defrag I do get the message "Scan Disk Cannot Continue
Because A Program Such As A Disk Utility Has Locked This Drive.  Close The
Program Or Wait For It To Finish, Then Restart ScanDisk"  ...

thanks again Glee, for your partial solution...but like i said in my
previous post to you about doing what u suggested, it didn't work. I am
going to mention here how I did get it to work, so others may learn and
not be discouraged by cynical remarks from some 'moderators' here.. ...

Hello. I have a multiboot system running 98SE, XP Pro SP3 and Ubuntu. I
bought a 1GB stick of RAM for a Dell computer that matches the specs of my
motherboard perfectly. The RAM is recognized fine by XP and Ubuntu. When I
try to boot into 98 I get the 98 boot screen for a moment ...

1.  Thank-your for the comeback.
2.  I was trying to start DOS from the "sign-off" menu.  That got me noplace
3.  When I started in SAFE mode at boot, the problem remained.
4.  When I started SAFE mode a second time, I chose "Command Prompt".

Please excuse.  I am not sure if I am in the proper newsgroup.  I am
shotgunning this to every Win98 newsgroup that I am coming across.
I have tried looking this up on the new, but the only thing that it relates
to is WinME