"Windows Not Responding"

Lately, applications often freeze up, or cease to
respond. When I "Ctrl Alt Del" to select the application
to close it that way, I see "Windows Not Responding" in
the list of applications. I have reformatted twice
recently due to software conflicts with my camera software
and the stupid things the stupid Support Dept told me to do
(that messed up my win .dll files arrgghh).
So, that all said, since my Pc is reformatted and
software issues resolved (needed codecs), my Win98SE &
Office Pro 2000 are all installed fresh and 'updated'....
programs are still freezing, and I'm still
getting "window's not responding" messages.
Could this be caused by faulty RAM? My pc is 3yrs old,
PIII, 14Gig, 1000mhz, 128RAM, Wind98SE. If RAM has
a 'leak' or "hiccups" or whatever you want to call it,
could this interuption in the memory cause my 'win not
responding'??

Hi Victoria,
Bad RAM certainly *could* cause that problem.
Free memory testers:
http://www.memtest86.com/
and
DocMemory from:
http://www.simmtester.com/

These software tests of RAM are not 100% accurate, so you may want to swap
in some known good RAM instead.

--
HTH,
Curt

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http://dundats.proboards27.com/index.cgi
Windows How-tos and and Freewa
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Windows Help & Discussion:
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"Victoria" wrote in message
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Lately, applications often freeze up, or cease to
respond. When I "Ctrl Alt Del" to select the application
to close it that way, I see "Windows Not Responding" in
the list of applications. I have reformatted twice
recently due to software conflicts with my camera software
and the stupid things the stupid Support Dept told me to do
(that messed up my win .dll files arrgghh).
So, that all said, since my Pc is reformatted and
software issues resolved (needed codecs), my Win98SE &
Office Pro 2000 are all installed fresh and 'updated'....
programs are still freezing, and I'm still
getting "window's not responding" messages.
Could this be caused by faulty RAM? My pc is 3yrs old,
PIII, 14Gig, 1000mhz, 128RAM, Wind98SE. If RAM has
a 'leak' or "hiccups" or whatever you want to call it,
could this interuption in the memory cause my 'win not
responding'??



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Ok, am checking out those mem tests as we speak.
Another question: what else could it be? And, to get new
RAM, someone said there are different kinds and I need to
check what kind my pc uses? Is this true and how do I
know what kind my pc is using without opening my case? (I
have never done that and would rather not fiddle w/parts).
Thanks
-----Original Message-----
Hi Victoria,
Bad RAM certainly *could* cause that problem.
Free memory testers:
http://www.memtest86.com/
and
DocMemory from:
http://www.simmtester.com/

These software tests of RAM are not 100% accurate, so you
may want to swap
in some known good RAM instead.

--
HTH,
Curt

W98 Support & Discussion:
http://dundats.proboards27.com/index.cgi
Windows How-tos and and Freewa
http://mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/
Windows Help & Discussion:
http://forum.aumha.org/

"Victoria" wrote in message
...
Lately, applications often freeze up, or cease to
respond. When I "Ctrl Alt Del" to select the
application
to close it that way, I see "Windows Not Responding" in
the list of applications. I have reformatted twice
recently due to software conflicts with my camera
software
and the stupid things the stupid Support Dept told me
to do
(that messed up my win .dll files arrgghh).
So, that all said, since my Pc is reformatted and
software issues resolved (needed codecs), my Win98SE &
Office Pro 2000 are all installed fresh
and 'updated'....
programs are still freezing, and I'm still
getting "window's not responding" messages.
Could this be caused by faulty RAM? My pc is 3yrs old,
PIII, 14Gig, 1000mhz, 128RAM, Wind98SE. If RAM has
a 'leak' or "hiccups" or whatever you want to call it,
could this interuption in the memory cause my 'win not
responding'??



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Ok, I tried memtest. It kept restarting and never
completed 'test #7'. Here are the results.
PIII=999.3mhz, L1 Cache=32k 9797mb, L2 Cache=25k 4441.mb,
Mem=128m 339mb, Chipset=vt82c691, Cached=128m, Rsvd
Mem=76k, Mem map=e820-std, Cache=on, Ecc=Off, Test=std,
Pass=6, Errors= 0, Ecc= was blank, Errs=0.
So.... what do you think of these results?


-----Original Message-----
Hi Victoria,
Bad RAM certainly *could* cause that problem.
Free memory testers:
http://www.memtest86.com/
and
DocMemory from:
http://www.simmtester.com/

These software tests of RAM are not 100% accurate, so you
may want to swap
in some known good RAM instead.

--
HTH,
Curt

W98 Support & Discussion:
http://dundats.proboards27.com/index.cgi
Windows How-tos and and Freewa
http://mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/
Windows Help & Discussion:
http://forum.aumha.org/

"Victoria" wrote in message
...
Lately, applications often freeze up, or cease to
respond. When I "Ctrl Alt Del" to select the
application
to close it that way, I see "Windows Not Responding" in
the list of applications. I have reformatted twice
recently due to software conflicts with my camera
software
and the stupid things the stupid Support Dept told me
to do
(that messed up my win .dll files arrgghh).
So, that all said, since my Pc is reformatted and
software issues resolved (needed codecs), my Win98SE &
Office Pro 2000 are all installed fresh
and 'updated'....
programs are still freezing, and I'm still
getting "window's not responding" messages.
Could this be caused by faulty RAM? My pc is 3yrs old,
PIII, 14Gig, 1000mhz, 128RAM, Wind98SE. If RAM has
a 'leak' or "hiccups" or whatever you want to call it,
could this interuption in the memory cause my 'win not
responding'??



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Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
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7/3/04


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