Had similar problem. Would freeze when pointer in motion. It was a problem with
the video card. My Hercules Thriller will do this when a custom pointer is used.
Using the standard pointer fixed it. (go to contrl panel/mouse)


On Tue, 19 Sep 2000 16:19:34 -0400, Lewis C Emerson wrote:

>I have muddled along for some time with a computer problem that has
>recently become very, very severe.  The machine locks up in the middle of
>doing something, usually reading e-mail, and requires rebooting to get
>functioning again.  It seems to always happen when I'm just scrolling
>down to see portions of the e-mail below the bottom border.  About half
>the time a Cntrl-Alt-Del will reboot, but also, half the time requires
>turning the machine completely, pause for ten seconds or so, then turning
>back on.  In both cases I see the error message that the machine was not
>shut down properly and requires that I run SCAN DISK - which always find
>a bunch of unused bytes that I just delete.  The number of bytes are
>usually 98,304, but not always.  (For what that's worth that number is
>exactly 3 times 2 raised to the 15th power)
>
>Someone has suggested that I look at the devices connected to my system
>(A Pentium 166/MMX, processor running W-95, 32 MB RAM, one 3-1/2" floppy,
>one HD with two partitions, a ZIP drive, scanner, etc.)  When I looked at
>SETTINGS-CONTROL PANEL-SYSTEM-DEVICE MANAGER I see an unusual entry.
>Under Hard Disk Controller when I click on the "Plus Sign" in the box I
>see the following:
>
>        Intel 82371AB PCI Bus Master Controllers
>        Primary Bus Master IDE Controller
>        Secondary Bus Master IDE Controller
>        Standard IDE/ESDI Hard Disk Controller
>        Standard IDE?ESDI Hard Disk Controller
>
>I don't understand why I have two entries for the Standard IDE/ESDI
>Controller.  By the way, at times I have seen two of many other devices,
>like the modem, the floppy,  etc.
>
>I have run the standard things - ie. SCAN DISK, DEFRAG, etc.  (Many
>times, in fact) Zilch.
>
>Have also run SAFE MODE (many times) and have installed W95VXD.EXE.
>Again zilch.
>
>One other thing that may possible bear on this - because it's something
>relatively new.  When I click on the mail server icon (Juno on the
>desktop) a window-like shade drops over the icon - and just after that
>another one drops over the "My Computer" icon.  Interesting, what?
>
>One final clue - if I can call it that - the machine now is running at
>about one tenth the speed at which it used to run.
>
>Comments, suggestions, ideas, etc.
>
>Lewis Emerson
>
>                         PCBUILD's List Owner's:
>                      Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]>
>                       Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>

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