Have just installed Win98 on a new system. Celeron 400; 128MB PC-100 RAM; Asus P2B-F mobo; set at 66MHz w/ 6.0x multiplier. No TSR's running. Response is sluggish. Esp. when moving through the START menu or scrolling through Windows Explorer. In the case of the latter, I can hold down a vertical scroll arrow and the scrolling process will literally crawl and eventually pick up speed in a few seconds - like it needs a running head start. There are 3 IDE devices. Primary master is WD 6.4GB IDE HD; Secondary Master = Asus 40x Max CDROM drive; Secondary Slave = Iomega Internal 250MB Zip Drive (configured as drive "B"). The video board is an ATI Rage IIC (AGP) w/ 8MB. I had the display properties set at True Color (24-bit) at 1024 x 768 (on a 17" Viewsonic E771-2 monitor) originally. I can alleviate the problem to a great extent by dropping the colors down to High Color (16-bit). Is this a case of needing more or faster video RAM? I'd be greatful for ya'lls ideas, suggestions as to how to go about nailing this problem down. TIA Joan Rapier [log in to unmask] PCBUILD maintains many useful files for download on our web site - visit our download page at: http://nospin.com/pc/files.html