re: Extremely slow computer - Windows 98
Saturday, October 1, 2005 at 11:09 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by C K
(6528 messages posted)
Sadly, it's a common complaint. Win 9X is subject to "bloat" and that's why those
of us who have been using Windows since 1.0 would reinstall our systems a couple
of times a year as it will just keep slowing down, even without infections and spyware.
It's even worse now. Your RAM isn't the source of the problem as you would have
other errors and failures. Here is MS' mem checker which I use more than the others
except for a hardware tester which is the best at finding RAM failures. Software
won't find them all..
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp
Bottom line is that if you can't find the source of the slow down, you may have to
reinstall the operating system after backing up your data. It's pretty much normal
for 95/98. NT/2000/XP is much more resistant to the problems suffered by Win 9X
systems. You could also have some other obscure hardware problems that won't be
detectable yet. Win 98 doesn't have the event viewer that NT has to help in troubleshooting
those types of problems. :-( Good Luck!
On Saturday, October 1, 2005 at 1:59 am, nnord wrote:
>Hi - my computer has become extremely slow. I've updated and run AdAware, Spybot,
>and have ZoneAlarm installed. I've defragmented the drive, and kept my previous
Norton
>up to date, and have recently run all of the possible fixes in my new Norton Systemworks
>2005 and new Registry Mechanic, but the speed hasn't changed. I've searched this
>forum, for additional possibilities - but I was wondering what the odds are that
>my RAM is bad, and is there a way to test it? I tried CheckIt Diagnostics, and it
>said the memory was fine, but that program is new to me.
>(Your forum is great - I stumbled on it searching for another problem, and the solution
>was perfect.)
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