Re: Lockup problems

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: : : Hmmm...they freeze your computer instantly? : : : Never had a freezeup loading a midi : : : into Media Player while running Internet Explorer and Netscape Inbox at the same time. : : Yeah,MIDI's kill me. It's JUST MIDI files too,I can run WAVs,VOCs and MP3s no problem. : : : Do you have at least 32 Megabytes : : : (Anything higher and you shouldn't : : : have any problems) and at least : : : a Pentium class CPU? (100 MHZ) : : : And are you running Internet Explorer : : : or Netscape or another browser? : : Let me see here.......I'm running a Packard Bell with Windows 98 and internet explorer 5.0 and 40MB of RAM. I think it's a 286..er..it's SOMETHING that ends in an 86.O-o : : The system info says the CPU is a Pentium Pro (This piece of CRAP has a pentium O_O;; Geh..that's not possible..) : : It's outdated by about..hmmn...a year? : Your problem would be...IT"S A PACK BELL!!!! THey are PIECES OF CRAP!! I should know, I used to use one...and it's outdated by FOUR years! : : : Anyway here's what I do to minimize : : : the chance of lockup until I can upgrade. : : : First upon Windows 98 loading up, : : : I immediately close all programs that : : : aren't vital to Windows operation so : : : I'm just running the bare minimum : : : programs to keep Windows running. : : Yup Yup...I do this too. : : : Second I pause Task Scheduler. : : : Third I use Internet Explorer : : : instead of my Ameritech Netscape : : : browser. And if I open Netscape : : : Messenger and keep it minimized. : : : Finally I do a disk cleanup every once : : : in a while to keep the Virtual Memory : : : in the green zone. : : Gotta do that myself very soon.. : : : If none of this helps then you may : : : have to do like me and think about upgrading. : : : It's expensive but the last upgrades : : : I've gotten so far have been WELL worth it. : : : (Now if only that friend of ours would : : : get back to us on upgrading one more time!!! : : : Then I can run my scanner and ZSNES again!!!) : : Upgrade? I wish ^^;;

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