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Date sent: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 09:26:34 +1000
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From: Rick Thornton <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [PCBUILD] Win 98 Problem
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> I have a friends computer (Pentium 100, 32 megram, 1 gig hdd) on
> which she is running win98 plus Word and Excel 2000! The thing
> crashes regularly about every ten to fifteen minutes. It just turns off
> and we go through scandisk and reboot. I have formatted the drive
> and reloaded win98 twice and it still does it. I did try win95a and
> the thing worked fine (is there a message there? LOL).Has anyone
> else had this problem? What do you think itcould be? I would
> appreciate any advice.
>
> Thanks
> Rick Thornton
>
32 mb ram is not enough for 98. It was marginal for 95. Go to at least 64 mb,
and better yet 128 mb.
Don Riggs
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