win98SE weird problem...plz take a look

Echelon

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After loading win98SE, I get to desktop and I go to 'start - programs - explorer', explorer won't load...as if the system is very busy doing something else...but it isn't! It will load after about 5-10 seconds. I have this also with 'start - configuration - control panel/printers'. And when I open the 'explorer.scf', the start menu hangs until explorer is opened.

But the explorer.exe from the windows map works without any delay! And via the exe I can get into configuration also without delay, right after getting to desktop. It's the explorer.scf and the things in 'start - configuration' that I have this problem with. I don't have the problem in windows 98 'regular', only in SE.
Can someone test this on his win98se machine??

I've disconnected every unnecessary device in my computer and I have no programs running at start up.

And there's something else too:
-When I start up windows 98 SE and I get to desktop, the mouse pointer shows that my computer is still loading (I don't have this in win98)
I find these problems very strange because I've just done a fresh windows installation..just right after I did a format c:, I installed win98 and after that win98SE.


I'm not the only one with these problems...on the win98 newsgroup i've found another person with the exact same problems..he thinks it could be a memory allocation problem

Can someone help plz?? thx
 

kw7

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Sorry that I can't help, but yes this problem happens to me too. If I remember it correctly, this won't happen until I installed all the drivers. However, these symptoms disappear about a week later. Wierd!
 

Echelon

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Indeed..weird

The computers at my school have the same problem with win98SE

I tested my HD with win98SE on my older computer..there wasn't a problem, only on my new PC
 

Echelon

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And yes! It has something to do with the drivers

when I disabled ACPI in BIOS and started windows, there wasn't a problem...because all the drivers weren't installed..I installed them and the problem was back

what gives???