Dialog Box Containing No Text Appears When Windows 98 Starts

When you start Windows 98, a dialog box containing no text may appear.

This issue can occur if you use a Compaq Presario computer, and the following lines are present in the [Drivers] section of the System.ini file:

To resolve this behavior, edit the System.ini file and disable the line that refers to the audio drivers. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type system.ini, and then click OK.
2. Press F3, type tamaudio, and then press ENTER.
3. Place a semicolon (;) at the beginning of each line that contains the tamaudio.drv text.

1. On the File menu, click Save, and then click Exit on the File menu.
2. Restart your computer.

Unimodem V is used in conjunction with phone messaging tools designed for VoiceView modems. The Tamaudio.drv file is a part of Unimodem V for Windows 95.