please help...win 98se

xnami

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today my system started doing very strage things...At start up its fine but when i open windows explorer or internet explorer or some other app... the mouse pointer turns into a hour glass every 6 seconds...keeps doing it even when i close everything down...if i play a game "counter strike" i get the hour glass in my cross hairs...WONT GO AWAY...
I tried reformating, new ram , removed nic cards...no help.... ANY IDEAS...thanks

PIII 866..pc150 mushkin ram
asus cuv4x, ibm 20gb 7200 rpm hd
prophet2 gts 64mb ddr
xgamer..dvd, cdrw..ps2 mouse and keyboard

 

AndyHui

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Oct 9, 1999
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Make sure that you don't have a blank CD sitting in your CDRW. Strange as it sounds, Win98 shows the symptoms you describe when that is the case.