LEARN A QUICK SOLUTION FOR AN INSTALLATION ERROR

Windows installation errors can be extremely time-consuming to fix unless you know some quick solutions. For instance, when starting Windows 98 or 98 SE installations, or even when trying to start in safe mode, you may see the message, "Error loading User.exe. You must re-install Windows."

The problem is not with User.exe but with the Ddeml.dll file, which is either missing or corrupt. Here's the solution:

Start the computer with the system disk and select Start Windows 98 With CD-ROM Support.

At the command line, type: extract <drive>:\win98\win98_<xx>.cab ddeml.dll /l c:\windows\system where <drive> is the letter assigned to your CD-ROM drive, and <xx> is 31 for Windows 98 and 28 for Windows 98 SE.

Restart the computer after removing the Windows Startup disk.
The computer should now start correctly.