Guest james93274 Posted January 13, 2008 Posted January 13, 2008 I have Win 98SE and my computer freezes, CtrlAlt/Del doesn't work and I have to manually shut down. Occasionally the cd tray will come out during this and stay. I haven't installed any new programs.
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted January 13, 2008 Posted January 13, 2008 Re: WIN98SE Freezes We're dealing with your issue in the previous thread (WIN98 SYSTEM FREEZES). Please, let's keep it there and not confuse matters even more. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "james93274" <james93274@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:DEAD2EC4-B22A-4C9D-9E9F-78F1BD435515@microsoft.com... >I have Win 98SE and my computer freezes, CtrlAlt/Del doesn't work and I >have > to manually shut down. Occasionally the cd tray will come out during this > and > stay. I haven't installed any new programs.
Guest Bob Harris Posted January 13, 2008 Posted January 13, 2008 Re: WIN98SE Freezes I gave up on 98 for similar reasons. I successfully switched to XP, and that was on a fairly old hardware, Pentium II, 450 MHz. However, I did upgrade the RAM to the maximum the motherboard could handle, which was 384 Meg, and that probably helped a lot. I have been told that I could have alternatively formatted and re-installed 98, and then re-install all programs. Of course, since formatting destroys data, one should first copy all personal files to somewhere other than the C: drive and preferrably off of the PC entirely. Something less severe than a re-install would be to use the system fille checker, or SFC in an attempt to restore key system files. http://www.cwdixon.com/support/win98_support/sys_file_checker.htm http://xtra.co.nz/help/0,,6156-1411125,00.html You might also try browsing the following websites, which have a problems and fixes section: http://www.computerhope.com/win98.htm http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/index.html http://www.helpwithwindows.com/windows98/ "james93274" <james93274@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:DEAD2EC4-B22A-4C9D-9E9F-78F1BD435515@microsoft.com... >I have Win 98SE and my computer freezes, CtrlAlt/Del doesn't work and I >have > to manually shut down. Occasionally the cd tray will come out during this > and > stay. I haven't installed any new programs.
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted January 13, 2008 Posted January 13, 2008 Re: WIN98SE Freezes SFC should only be used by, or under the guidance of, an expert. Much damage can be done. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Bob Harris" <rharris270[sPAM]@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:%238NlJTfVIHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >I gave up on 98 for similar reasons. I successfully switched to XP, and >that was on a fairly old hardware, Pentium II, 450 MHz. However, I did >upgrade the RAM to the maximum the motherboard could handle, which was 384 >Meg, and that probably helped a lot. > > I have been told that I could have alternatively formatted and > re-installed 98, and then re-install all programs. Of course, since > formatting destroys data, one should first copy all personal files to > somewhere other than the C: drive and preferrably off of the PC entirely. > > Something less severe than a re-install would be to use the system fille > checker, or SFC in an attempt to restore key system files. > > http://www.cwdixon.com/support/win98_support/sys_file_checker.htm > http://xtra.co.nz/help/0,,6156-1411125,00.html > > You might also try browsing the following websites, which have a problems > and fixes section: > > http://www.computerhope.com/win98.htm > http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/index.html > http://www.helpwithwindows.com/windows98/ > > "james93274" <james93274@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:DEAD2EC4-B22A-4C9D-9E9F-78F1BD435515@microsoft.com... >>I have Win 98SE and my computer freezes, CtrlAlt/Del doesn't work and I >>have >> to manually shut down. Occasionally the cd tray will come out during this >> and >> stay. I haven't installed any new programs. > >
Guest philo Posted January 13, 2008 Posted January 13, 2008 Re: WIN98SE Freezes "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message news:eCVPmLhVIHA.4768@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > SFC should only be used by, or under the guidance of, an expert. Much damage > can be done. > > Very true! Unless the SFC data base had also been updated after any windows update etc... SFC could identify *newer* files as corrupt and replace them with older files! That could make a bad situation even worse!
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted January 13, 2008 Posted January 13, 2008 Re: WIN98SE Freezes It's more complicated, even, than that. I won't even offer caveats for the unfamiliar. If you aren't an expert, leave it alone, period. Even if I were to adequately explain the dangers, you'd have to be an expert to understand some of it, at least. Besides all the possible reasons SFC might flag the files as needing replacing, only an expert knows how to figure out which files truly need replacing. And then, even if you decide to replace a file, SFC may restore the file from the wrong location, just making matters worse and messing up the database even more. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message news:OIVTURhVIHA.5596@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message > news:eCVPmLhVIHA.4768@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> SFC should only be used by, or under the guidance of, an expert. Much > damage >> can be done. >> >> > > Very true! > > Unless the SFC data base had also been updated after any windows update > etc... > SFC could identify *newer* files as corrupt and replace them with older > files! > > That could make a bad situation even worse! > >
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