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Operating System troubles
Author:	Lance Housley
Date:	Wednesday, 3rd Oct 2001 13:03
Views:	2,126 (excluding Digests and RSS feeds)
Category:	Computers and Software
URL:	http://www.freepint.com/go/b13163
The operating systems (i.e. Windows &c.) may be a little off the main interests of this community, but I hope you will all indulge me in a brief enquiry. I have some sort of corruption in some system files on Windows 98SE, which are causing the occasional system-hangs and rather more frequent unresponsiveness for up to a minute at a time. Before I reinstall the Windows OS, does anyone have any tips or bon mots to pass on? In case anyone feels the need to know, I am running McAfee VirusScan (bang up-to-date), ZoneAlarm and a couple of other resident utilities which have been fine up till now. I have tried running the PC with none of these operative, and I'm still getting the same problems, so I reckon it has to be the OS. Anyone know differently? Thanks. Lance

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Topic	Author	Date	ID
Operating System troubles The operating systems (i.e. Windows &c.) may be a little off the main interests of this community, but I hope ...	Lance Housley	03/10/01 13:03	13163
Re: Operating System troubles My thanks to everyone who has replied. Taking individual emails as well as postings here, I have received DOZENS ...	Lance Housley	08/10/01 10:14	13259
Re: Operating System troubles Just read the resolution to your problems Lance. As a follow on I too have an 'old' 233Mhz and tried ...	anthony dennis	19/10/01 09:47	13430
Re: Operating System troubles Hi Lance, A few suggestions there for you. I wouldn't be surprised if the registry were at fault, but it ...	Allan Pearson	06/10/01 19:14	13249
Re: Operating System troubles IN ANY CASE, you're well advised to also de-fragment your hard drive. I handle "DeFrag" by first closing or suspending ...	Edward W. Stollery II	06/10/01 06:13	13244
Re: Operating System troubles Depending on a person's experience with computers, Win98 can be a bit intimidating! I dropped the word "MY" from ...	Edward W. Stollery II	06/10/01 06:15	13245
Re: Operating System troubles As the pub expands its service area, you'll find a few computerists wandering around... I just unloaded a piece of software ...	Edward W. Stollery II	06/10/01 06:00	13243
Re: Operating System troubles Hi Lance Just to prove that we're a multicultural society here, OS's are not out of the window -sorry- although ...	Stuart Cliffe	03/10/01 22:38	13174
Re: Operating System troubles How could I possibly have hoped for such a comprehensive answer? You have exceeded all my hopes - especially the ...	Lance Housley	05/10/01 12:15	13219
Re: Operating System troubles Just one thing, Lance, and I mean no offence to the comprehensive response you have already recieved, for I would ...	Steve Howard	05/10/01 23:19	13237

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