I have seen this problem on older OS systems when the system
resources were getting all used up and not released by the OS...

Does a re-boot "cure" it, only to return again later?
Is so, "some program" you are using has a memory leak, and eventually
uses up the resources...  Finding it can be a pain... Fixing it can be
as simple as getting a patch (if any are available) or by identifying
the program in question (that is the pain part) and replacing it with
a different one that works properly...

                                  Rick Glazier

From: "Leigh Jennings"
> I am looking after a small network which has a problem on one of its pc's.
> A win98 SE  pc is suddenly  showing black boxes in place of icons on the
> desk top and in explorer. I Instructed the user to run the system file
> checker but it found no faults.

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