fenris_wolf
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I need your help, my friends. I'm operating Win98 on an IBM Aptiva. It has begun taking forever (as in 10 - 15 minutes) to boot up, and freezes constantly when in use. The only way to unfreeze it once it boots up is ctrl-alt-del end task (which can take up to three minutes to do the job).
I have been told there may be a relationship between these problems and the number of programs loading at startup. I went into run> msconfig> startup and unchecked a number of programs that seemed inessential at startup, then clicked apply and okay.
Upon restarting the computer it took as long as ever to boot up and the programs were checked again (or still checked) in msconfig> startup.
The computer still locks up frequently. It may help to know that in the week to ten days before problems began I downloaded AdAware, AdSubtract, ZoneAlarm Pro (as an upgrade) and Opera6 (as an upgrade). In each instance I downloaded to my desktop and scanned with Norton Anti-V before installing. Norton, which I update frequently, continues to show no viruses.
My thanks in advance for any assistance.
I have been told there may be a relationship between these problems and the number of programs loading at startup. I went into run> msconfig> startup and unchecked a number of programs that seemed inessential at startup, then clicked apply and okay.
Upon restarting the computer it took as long as ever to boot up and the programs were checked again (or still checked) in msconfig> startup.
The computer still locks up frequently. It may help to know that in the week to ten days before problems began I downloaded AdAware, AdSubtract, ZoneAlarm Pro (as an upgrade) and Opera6 (as an upgrade). In each instance I downloaded to my desktop and scanned with Norton Anti-V before installing. Norton, which I update frequently, continues to show no viruses.
My thanks in advance for any assistance.