Thanks Mark and sorry I didn't include it in my original letter but I
already have done that.  300M in its own partition with nothing else on
it.  Any other ideas???

-Rick Poepping

Mark Rode wrote:
>
> Check your virtual memory settings and make sure your hard drive is
> defragged. I have seen these kinds of problems when the swap file
> wasn't functioning correctly.
>
> You have a lot of free hard drive space.......I suggest you make a
> permanent swap file size of 200 - 300 megs. Windows will just create one
> big continuous swap file when it loads and won't waste processor time
> dynamically adjusting it or trying to figure out how much space it needs.If
> possible place it on it's own partition.
>
> To do this.....Go to Control Panel...System ....Performance.....Virtual memory
> then check < Let me specify my own virtual memory settings > then put 300
> in minimum and 300 in maximum.....ignore the warnings...exit out and reboot.
> If you have partitioning software like Partition Magic you may want to
> create another dedicated partition and keep your swap file on it....this
> will increase performance and reduce C: partition fragmentation.
>
> m
>
>  >Yes, you've heard from me before on this subject. I wish I could fix
>  >it. I had 64M on a FIC 503+ MB, 7G HD (4G still free 3 of it on C:\),
>  >Matrox G200 8M AGP, AMD K6-2 300 MHz.
>  >
>  >OS= Win 98 upgrade, clean install (long ago)
>  >I run Netscape 4.6, also use it for mail
>  >run quicken, excel, word, notepad, Norton AV
>  >I was told 64M may not be enough, so I upgraded to 128M (all Corsair
>  >PC100).
>  >I'm still having problems. I thought it was due to Active Worlds or VP,
>  >but I haven't run them in a while to try to figure this out.
>  >Any suggestions??
>  >Other diagnostic tricks/tips???
>  >Thanks,>Rick Poepping
>
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