Can anybody clearly tell me the steps I need to do to to free up system resources. It go between 30-55% and I have screens freeze on me. I am using windows 98SE with 256MB ram. Any help would be of value.

Can any one help? When I open the Explore window there is no directory tree on the left side of the window. The space normall reserved for this is there but not the tree. This just happened without any interference on my part. how can I restore this valuable resource?

I purchased a new tower for my windows 98 because my my programs were slow,my internet was even slower, but now three weeks later my computer is stating to slow down on the the internet.could this because i don`t have on protection except whats already on my computer?

I get this message quite often after the computer has been idle for a few hours. "AN ERROR OCCURRED IN YOUR PROGRAM - CLOSE - IGNORE" Details = NETDDE caused general protection fault in module NDDENB.DLL I have two computers doing the same thing. What is going on.

pc hast been running slowly and unable to keep up with typing etc... so that it seems to stall for a few seconds before catching up. Thought it was a ram (64Mb)or swap file problem. Have upgraded ram with a 256Mb sdram module,sacrificing one of the 32Mb modules to upgrade. Swap file is set to...

Followed the direction in KBA 229186 and no results. Windows is installed on the c drive. my config.sys is below help!!!!!!!! evice=c:\himem.sys device=c:\emm386.exe menuitem=CD, Start computer with CD-ROM support. menuitem=NOCD, Start computer without CD-ROM support. menuitem=HELP, View the...

Hi I am in need of help.......my pc is showing a window that says "unable to open program not enough FREE RAM available shut down other running programs and try again" Can some one please tell me how I increase the FREE RAM on my machine please? Thanks! pirate ps email me on the above address ta!

I have been trying to run my defrag and it runs for hours but gets nothing done. What do I do?

I got a used laptop in great condition and tried to do mantainance on it and when I can the disk for errors it tells me that there is an error on the drive but can not be fixed and stops, and asked to run a throrout disk scan, and it does the same thing. If I try to defragment, it tells me it can...

When I have my computer on. My resourses show only at 60 - 70% and it consistantly drops over time. what may cause this to happen? I have 256mb ram on puter too. I have done the msconfig. to check what is running. but not very much i have running. I had just reformated the computer so there...

I want to understand this more than cure it... Since unsuccessfully installing a demo of Borland Delphi on 22 Jun, all newly installed browsers, or reinstalled browsers wont display the www content. But browsers installed before that date will. I expect if I reinstall RealPlayer, it will cease to...

Can anybody tell me if i use the XP upgrade will it wipe any information of my hard drive

I heard at work that on a standard US Keyboard, if you press the f5 key, that will give you access to all the Spanish "extras" i.e. (á, é, í, ó, ú, ¿, ¡ and ñ) At work they have XP Professional Systems. I got those by using the U. S. International Keyboard, and the various keyboard...

I want to find out the processer speed with out taking off the hood, I have looked in the system information and can find about everything but. The system information stops off after the type of Pentium the processor is. Have any suggestions?

hi all, can someone help me with my fddrive. my board cannot detect it. may i ask if there are different types of fdd slots because i noticed that my board has less no of pins (hope u understand) as compared with other motherboards. or is it the cable that causes the problem. please help! -- rufino

SInce installing a new Mcafee virus scan program, my computer seems to hang and programs stop responding. I check my system monitor and it seems everytime I do anything on the computer, the kernel processor hits 100%. I only have a minimum number of programs running. I went into MSCONFIG and...

Howdy: My mother recieved an older computer that has an AT power supply, and AT keyboard and no PS/2 port for a mouse. I am assuming that the only serial port available is for that use. I have an adapter for Serial -to- PS/2, but when I hook a PS/2 mouse up to it nothing happens. How do I make...

Anyone have to use the Shut down button twice in order for the machine to turn off? After the first attempt, the screen returns to normal (not fuzzy) and then I need to do it again...

I have a Win98se system running 1800 cpu, 256Mb Ram,40Gb HDD,and a gigabyte 7ZXE motherboard. I also run a DOS program for indexing my video collection. The system runs fine for approx 2 weeks and then starts running slower and slower until it grinds to a halt. The only way to reset it all, is to...

When I open word it is always in Caps, this is a new problem, and when i press the caps lock key the cursor goes to the next line - I have to arrow up to get back to the line I'm actually working in. The caps lock key will then work in lower case.