[AT] OT Question OT

pga2 at hot1.net pga2 at hot1.net
Thu Apr 8 08:27:04 PDT 2004


Charlie,
Is it Win98 or Win98SE? Big difference. Another thing that will cause a
lot of problems with Win9X systems is shared memory. If your system has a
built in video adapter, it probably uses shared memory, which takes up to
64Mb of RAM away from the system.

Phil

> Hi Wayne,  Until the monitor on my desktop burned out about a month ago
> I kept my Win 98 machine constantly updated with every update that
> microsoft recommended.  I kept my hard drive cache cleaned up and ran
> de-frag on a regular basis.  It still crashed, was slow and was
> generally a pain in the butt just like it was the day I bought that
> computer.  I'm glad some of you guys get good use out of 98 but for me
> I'm glad I don't need it any longer.
>
> Charlie






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