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Hesitation? by ***** charles[_2_]
Hi all, I have done about a half dozen clean installs on different machines over the past several months. The problem is that all of the machines have a 60 second hesitation problem that occurs randomly and not very often. It could be when I start IE or when I start explorer. The machine locks...
February 17th 06 06:36 PM
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WW98SE installable on a SATA HD? by ***** charles[_3_]
is it possible to install W98SE OEM onto a motherboard with a built on SATA contoller so that the one SATA HD is formated and used as drive C:? charles.....
January 18th 05 03:33 AM
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Shutdown problem by 5hulses
For the past few weeks, when I hit the start button to shut down, it hangs for about a minute before I can click to shut down. I've already downloaded the patch for windows shutdown. I have win 98SE. What can I do?
May 26th 05 04:37 AM
by Alan Edwards Go to last post
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Scandisk Freeze by 5hulses
When I run Scandisk, it almost gets to the end, says its looking for "Lost File Fragments" and then freezes. At this point I have to re-boot.....Help please Thanks
December 15th 04 08:37 PM
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Scandisk Freeze by 5hulses
When I run Scandisk, it almost gets to the end, says its looking for "Lost File Fragments" and then freezes. At this point I have to re-boot.....Help please Thanks
December 15th 04 02:57 AM
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Shutdown problem by 5hulses
For the past few weeks, when I hit the start button to shut down, it hangs for about a minute before I can click to shut down. I've already downloaded the patch for windows shutdown. I have win 98SE. What can I do?
May 26th 05 04:16 AM
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Max performace settings (swap/cache) with 256/512 mb ram? by 98 Guy
What are the optimal swap and cache settings given a pc with either 256 or 215 mb ram with a Celeron 2.6 Ghz CPU? What about other stuff like himem.sys, emm386 (and it's various settings), smartdrv, buffers=, files=, etc?
October 24th 04 06:37 AM
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Meb wants to talk about the useage of Win-2K IE6 files on 98 by 98 Guy
MEB wrote: Uhuh, dorkidum, so let me ask you pursuant YOUR claims; WHY does anyone need to install Win2K files into Win9X since they are immune from the present hacks being used? Because: a) they might contain actual bug fixes in addition to patching vulnerabilities that are specific to...
April 7th 10 03:39 PM
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What's the deal with MS05-002 (KB891711.EXE) and Windows 98? by 98 Guy
If you don't know what I'm talking about, look he http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-002.mspx If you're running Win 98, and have recently (within the past week) gone to Windows Updates and updated your computer, you almost certainly now have the file "KB891711.EXE" running...
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April 9th 05 03:01 AM
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Max performace settings (swap/cache) with 256/512 mb ram? by 98 Guy
What are the optimal swap and cache settings given a pc with either 256 or 215 mb ram with a Celeron 2.6 Ghz CPU? What about other stuff like himem.sys, emm386 (and it's various settings), smartdrv, buffers=, files=, etc?
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November 6th 04 01:49 AM
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Need help with a slow Compaq by [email protected]
I have friend with a Compaq which he is trying to resurrect. He says it is 300MHz with 3 133M SDRAMs and a 20G HDD with 90% unused. He says it will boot up fine and run a while, but then will bog down horribly. For example, he said he can type several words before they begin to slowly display, a...
December 6th 04 12:01 PM
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Need help with a slow Compaq by [email protected]
I have friend with a Compaq which he is trying to resurrect. He says it is 300MHz with 3 133M SDRAMs and a 20G HDD with 90% unused. He says it will boot up fine and run a while, but then will bog down horribly. For example, he said he can type several words before they begin to slowly display, a...
December 6th 04 04:17 PM
by glee Go to last post
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mouse slows by aa
Sometimes mouse slows too much. Plz. help me out. I have tested using reduced hardware acc. but in vain. Thanks.
May 19th 05 01:35 PM
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mouse slows by aa
Sometimes mouse slows too much. Plz. help me out. I have tested using reduced hardware acc. but in vain. Thanks.
May 20th 05 07:45 PM
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Unexpected "CLOSE" button by aburrow1
Without notice and while working in different applications, a pop-up panel with a CLOSE button appears in center of screen. There are no options other than hit the button, shutdown and restart computer. What might be causing this and what might be a remedy?
October 11th 04 01:59 AM
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Unexpected "CLOSE" button by aburrow1
Without notice and while working in different applications, a pop-up panel with a CLOSE button appears in center of screen. There are no options other than hit the button, shutdown and restart computer. What might be causing this and what might be a remedy?
October 11th 04 06:14 AM
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recomendations for a memory mang't utility/monitor please by Acolwknt
Hi all could any body please recommend a mem mang't utility that displays what % of memory each process is using as I need to track down a mem leak? I found teakall usefull to list processes but the mem colum is blank?? Problem occured after 1. Macfee removed worm/trojon OR 2. Installing a...
May 27th 05 08:25 PM
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recomendations for a memory mang't utility/monitor please by Acolwknt
Hi all could any body please recommend a mem mang't utility that displays what % of memory each process is using as I need to track down a mem leak? I found teakall usefull to list processes but the mem colum is blank?? Problem occured after 1. Macfee removed worm/trojon OR 2. Installing a...
May 26th 05 10:23 PM
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RAM by Adam
I bought an old dell optiplex off ebay and the hard drive was completly bare. Well i put in some RAM chips from an old computer that the power supply had gone bad in. well i put 96MB worth in it and the BIOS says that is what is in it, however my Windows 98/SE says it is only 16MB. Please Help
August 22nd 04 11:43 PM
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Notebook screen blacks out by adam.hu
Hey everyone: I've got a old Sony Vaio notebook that seems to blackout or hibernate erratically. Specs: Win 98 (not SE) PII (did I say it was old?) 64MB SDRAM
August 19th 04 10:45 PM
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