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Windows 98 freezes all the time
On our second computer we have windows 98. Its connected
to a router . Our problem is it freezes up all the time. Even when not connected to the router it freezes. Im wondering if i should uninstall and reinstall windows 98. If this would maybe help. Then we dont have a windows 98 cd. Is this somewhere stored in the complete restore ? Thanks any suggestion would be great. Could you email me any suggestions you may have to |
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I wouldn't try a reinstall of all of Windows yet. If anything, try these
two, as Explorer is huge enough... (1) "START, Run, MSInfo32, Tools menu, IE Repair Tool" It produces a rather large "Fix IE Log.txt" in C:\Windows. IE & E are basically one & the same. If this crashes, an over-install of IE is indicated. (2) Over-install IE. Try first without, but I believe it will request an internet connection. Perhaps it is best to let it connect, actually. If you don't care to get this fancy, just skip to step (c). (a) Turn off interfering programs. Use http://www.pcmag.com/ 's "StartupCop" or "EndItAll2". Or "START, Run, MSConfig, Startup tab". Note what is unchecked, if anything. Then, go to the General tab & disable the entire Startup Group, by clicking "Selective.." & unchecking "Load Startup...". Reboot. (b) Perhaps, if you haven't got EndItAll2, then "Ctrl-Alt-Del" & end task all but Explorer & Systray. If this goes badly, start again from top, & skip it next time. (c) "START, Find, F/F, IE6Setup.exe". Click it in the Find window. NOTE: If you are IE5, then it's "IE5Setup.exe". If there are more than one (I have two each), click the one in "C:\WINDOWS\Windows Update Setup Files" or "C:\Windows Update Setup Files", as applicable. (d) Re-enable the Startup Group. That will automatically check all items. Go to the Startup tab & uncheck any noted in step (a). Reboot. (e) Perhaps go to Windows Update, to see whether it now offers criticals. -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Lori" wrote in message ... | On our second computer we have windows 98. Its connected | to a router . Our problem is it freezes up all the time. | Even when not connected to the router it freezes. Im | wondering if i should uninstall and reinstall windows 98. | If this would maybe help. Then we dont have a windows 98 | cd. Is this somewhere stored in the complete restore ? | | Thanks | any suggestion would be great. Could you email me any | suggestions you may have to | |
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Here is more...
A quick thing might be to try Safe Mode, to see whether it freezes there. If not, then it is likely something in the Startup Group or a 32-bit Normal Mode driver doing it. Then, there is an MSCONFIG troubleshooting method for that, explained in "START, Help, Contents, Troubleshooting, Windows 98 Troubleshooters, Startup & Shutdown section". http://support.microsoft.com/support/windows/tshoot That also is the Troubleshooters. Also... http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;281965 How to Troubleshoot Using the Msconfig Utility with Windows 98 (281965) - This article describes how to use the Microsoft System Configuration (Msconfig) utility to troubleshoot configuration errors in Windows 98 and Windows 98 Second Edition. Careful with that one, though. Don't turn off System.ini or Win.ini, unless you know how to restore them in DOS. To get to Safe Mode, hit F5 as you boot. Or hit Ctrl for the Startup Menu, if not already enabled at "START, Run, MSConfig, Advanced button". (1) The mouse & keyboard are the ones with moving parts, & they are "hooked", meaning tasks will run each time you touch one. Therefore, with the computer off, unplug the mouse & hold by it's tail until it may stop spinning & squawking. Also, open & clean the ball & rollers. That is not a design you may see on the rollers-- it is a band of dirt running round the center! Also, unplug the keyboard, turn it round & spank it. (2) If disabling your virus checker's auto-"System" scan, using it's Tray button, leaving the other types on, gives immediate & dramatic relief, I have further info. This supposedly applies to Scan Engine 4.1.60. (3) http://support.microsoft.com/default...51&Product=w98 USB Mouse May Hang When the Computer Is Idle for a Long Time So, if you have "Find Fast", try disabling that. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=199787 OFF2000: How to Turn Off the Find Fast Indexer http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;158705 OFF97: How to Disable the Find Fast Indexer http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;135476 OFF95: Office for Windows 95 Find Fast Indexer Overview (4) For sluggishness in navigating folders: Open Explorer, R-Clk My Documents in the left pane, & select Properties. How many folders does it contain? If it is around 100, try moving them out. Reboot. Is your sluggishness gone? (5) Update definitions & check for viruses, and... http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot http://patrick.kolla.de/spybotsd.html SpyBot- Search & Destroy. SpyBot is gabby in it's "Checks" & "Fixes" logs. Turn them off in "Settings". http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ AdAware http://www.lavasoftusa.de/ Also AdAware http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html CoolWebSearch Chronicles http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip & CWShredder http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip Finally, Hijack This http://aumha.org/a/hjttutor.htm Hijack This Logs Tutorial-- MUST read! ....may find something. (Actually, they certainly will.) http://hometown.aol.co.uk/jrmc137/hj...l/tutorial.htm Another one worthy of serious study! -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Lori" wrote in message ... | On our second computer we have windows 98. Its connected | to a router . Our problem is it freezes up all the time. | Even when not connected to the router it freezes. Im | wondering if i should uninstall and reinstall windows 98. | If this would maybe help. Then we dont have a windows 98 | cd. Is this somewhere stored in the complete restore ? | | Thanks | any suggestion would be great. Could you email me any | suggestions you may have to | |
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