re: problems with computer
Tuesday, March 2, 2004 at 4:18 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ms. Eagle
(33507 messages posted)
Diana, it sounds like you need to do some cleaning and trim down your startups. You
can run Spybot to clear out spyware junk, but first check in Add/Remove programs,
and if Gain is listed, remove it. That's part of Gator. This is lengthy but doing
these things should help quite a bit, for starters. Post back and let us know.
Clear out your TIF, other temp files and ActiveX Controls. Open the Control Panel
- Internet Options. Under the General tab click the Delete temporary internet files,
choose to delete all Offline content. In Settings, set the size of your TIF folder
between 5 - 10 MB. Choose View Objects tab. On the toolbar, choose View Details.
Right click and remove ALL that aren't by MS, Macromedia or Apple. If any of those
are marked "damaged", remove them. Any and all ActiveX Controls, can be safely removed.
They'll be downloaded again as needed.
Also, go to Start - Find - Files or folders - in the named box, type: *.tmp and choose
Edit - select all - File - delete. Empty the contents of the C:\Windows\temp folder
and C:\temp folder, if you have one. Empty Recycle bin.
Download Spybot S&D Close all running programs, install then reboot.
Start it and go online and press 'search for updates' tab. (NOTE: if you have problems,
select the US or Australian mirror site to download updates from). Download all updates
that aren't optional. Close all browser windows and run the scan. When it's finished,
'Check All', and fix everything SpybotSD labels in RED. Reboot.
Most programs can be started as needed. To remove programs from your startup, right-click
on the icons in the Systray area, open each, go through the options to turn off the
"tray" or "run at startup" feature.
For the others, go to Start - Run, type: msconfig. Hit Enter or OK. Startup tab
- Leave Scan Registry, and Systray checked and Load Power Profiles (if using power
schemes). Btw, it's adviseable not to use power saving features on Desktop PC's.
Power saving features use resources, too. Instructions here:
How to Disable Advanced Power Management
For a description of other applications listed, check this tasklist site to see whether
they're needed in your startup. AnswersthatWork
- Written in response to:
- problems with computer (Diana: Tuesday, March 2, 2004 at 3:55 pm)
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