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Forum: Improving Performance November 21st 05, 09:58 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
Replies: 0
Views: 783
Posted By Chris[_5_]
Clock shortcut tip

I'm a firm believer in having as few processes running to get the best
possible system performance. One of the processes I have stopped from
running is the clock process which normally is displayed...
Forum: Improving Performance November 21st 05, 09:35 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
Replies: 4
Views: 1,153
Posted By Chris[_5_]
Explorer.exe error

Reinstalling Windows over an old copy of Windows will not solve your
problems.

What you should be doing is backing up all of your files from the C: drive
and put them onto another partition or...
Forum: Improving Performance November 12th 05, 02:03 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
Replies: 28
Views: 3,646
Posted By Chris[_5_]
Windows 98SE limits?

The maximum HDD size Windows supports is 128GB ( since there are no 128GB
drives... 120GB ). However, depending on the MB, you may have to flash the
BIOS to recognize the full 120GBs.

Without any...
Forum: Improving Performance November 6th 05, 08:49 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
Replies: 4
Views: 1,236
Posted By Chris[_5_]
changing icons

"Nutty" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Sometimes for no apparent reason a couple of the icons on my task bar
change
...
Forum: Improving Performance November 6th 05, 07:47 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.win98.performance
Replies: 36
Views: 6,471
Posted By Chris[_5_]
How can I get Win98 to release memory when an application is closed?

"Jeff Richards" wrote in message
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There is a difference between released memory and unused physical memory.
The application is...
Forum: Improving Performance November 5th 05, 02:56 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.win98.performance
Replies: 36
Views: 6,471
Posted By Chris[_5_]
How can I get Win98 to release memory when an application is closed?

You don't get it? If an application does not free up the used memory,
Windows can not free up the memory to use for other applications. Hence, a
Windows restart is the only way to get the memory...
Forum: Improving Performance November 4th 05, 09:08 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.win98.performance
Replies: 36
Views: 6,471
Posted By Chris[_5_]
How can I get Win98 to release memory when an application is closed?

By design Windows will always attempt to find some use, any use
whatever that might potentially be of some benefit, for every bit of
RAM that is installed in the computer; rather than just...
Forum: Improving Performance November 4th 05, 04:02 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.win98.performance
Replies: 36
Views: 6,471
Posted By Chris[_5_]
How can I get Win98 to release memory when an application is closed?

Every program should release the same amount of memory which was used by the
application when closed. However, this is microsoft you're talking about.
To fix the problem, you'd need to find an...
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