Win98SE Hangs

[KurtD]

My problem is fairly straightforward. I start the computer and it seems to work fine. Next time, It hangs shortly after the hourglass appears on the windows desktop, before any icons are displayed. There seems to be a pattern and it also seems to occur more frequently after using the internet. I am also getting occasional hangs in IE right after I start the program. This kind of stuff NEVER happened with my old K6 in an Asus P5! Anyone have a clue or can tell me how to troubleshoot? No other problems with apps or tempatures. In fact, my CPU runs in the mid 30s!

 

[Doggiedog]

I have a similar problem too on both my computers. It happens randomly I would say 1/2 the time right after boot up. The hour glass just shows, PC goes unresponsive and there are these tiny lines that run from the top of the screen down about 1/8 of an inch. Anyone have any answers?

1Ghz Athlon Classic
Abit KA-7
256MB Corsair PC133 CAS3
32MB GeForce 256 DDR
SB Live
Plextor 12/10/32
IBM 30&45GB 75GXP HDD
No-name DVD-ROM
Dual Boot Win2K/98FE

Duron 650@950
Abit KT-7 RAID
128MB Corsair PC133 CAS3
32MB Guillemot Prophet GeForce MX
SB Live
Plextor 8/20 SCSI CD-R
Samsung 48X CD-ROM
Seagate 7200RPM ATA66 30GB HDD
Win98SE

 

[easternerd]

Hi There ,
These are all common Problems with this Windows 9X And IE
But the Only way out would be a clean Install ,Be Informed
these are not related to Hardware only with Software,So get
Yourself moving and reinstall the OS and install IE 5.X
As far as i am concerned this is the only way out ,Atleast
for abolishing the problem permanently!
If you need any more advice Try searching in this frum many
others including me have written how to make a successful
Fresh Install of Windows,,,
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[Doggiedog]

Good god not another fresh install of 98. I've done it so many times on my PCs I'll just live with the lockup problem 50% of the time.

 

[KurtD]

I have done a clean install and problem continues. In fact, the only apps installed are Navigator & Explorer!

 

[Priit]

It's really simple with Winblows: if it doesn't work, reinstall it. If it still doesn't work, buy newer/expensive Windblows & some hundred megabytes of RAM. Still doesn't work ? Buy some more expensive hardware and pay some $$$ to Microsoft's support team. There's always some people with Windowed(TM) glasses who say that Winblows doesnt't run cause you have bad hardware (and they always note what great hardware they own, too). All those are the reasons why I moved under linux more than 3 years ago. And guess what: everything worked as it should, no head-f**k with any of my compnents/peripherials. Yes, it's little hard in the beginning (no games ), but when you are used to it, you never want to go back under Winblows again...

sorry, I'm probably just in bad mood tonight

 

[Cable God]

go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com . There is a patch that will fix that widely-known problem. I have used it tons of times to fix it on different PC's. Hope this helps.