Windows 98 freezes completely

After my computer has been on for a while (2 or more hours), it will often freeze up. It doesn't matter what program is running: games, internet, excel, etc. Everything just freezes. If I use ctrl+alt+del that doesn't work either. Absolutely nothing happens. No mouse pointer, no keyboard function, nothing.

I have to turn off the power and start again. Doing so gives me another 2-3 hours before the problem recurs, but sometimes it doesn't happen.

Virus scan is regular and updated.

Thanks to anyone for any suggestions.

 

Go to my web site and follow the instruction in the index and follow the instructions for the entries with the 3 red * behind them. Then go to msconfig and remove any programs you don't need at start up.

This should solve your problem.

http://www.rselby.com/Windows.html

 

Another possibility is that
heat is building up after 2-3
hours of use.

Make sure your main fan is not
up against an obstruction, and
that your CPU fan is working OK.

 

Hi Slogoer,
Also a power supply that is going bad can cause it to freeze up!

 

Have you read OS decay at MSN?

 

Just to update everyone, I used the MSConfig command in the "run" box from the start button. Then I closed everything I did not believe was essential. This brought system resources upt to 74% and the system has not locked in over 3 weeks. Thanks to all of you who helped and provided suggestions.