re: Sudden Changes to System..
Tuesday, October 4, 2005 at 1:02 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by David
(2 messages posted)
Thanks for those tips! I just downloaded RamBooster from Download.com, and all of
a sudden my desktop updated itself, Explorer is working, and it's generally faster.
CPU is still slow, but it definetly helped. I'll still try some of your suggestions,
though, like the Maintenance Wizard. Goodness knows when the last time she did any
of that.
On Tuesday, October 4, 2005 at 2:06 am, Wy wrote:
>Run the Maintenance Wizard -
>
>Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Maintenance Wizard
>
>It's possible its sluggishness et al is due to poor maintenance. The Wizard will
>get rid of junk, run scan disk, and straighten things out by defragging the hard
>drive. If it has seldom or never been defragged, expect this procedure to take
a
>couple of hours or more, depending on the size of the hard drive, so run it overnight
>or while you're doing other things.
>
>That's for a basic start. If you're still experiencing problems, run through two
>or three anti-spyware programs and an anti-virus program, making sure they're all
>updated first before you use them. Often it's as simple as that one-two punch of
>Wizard and spy/virus cleanup to get things back on track.
>
>You could also always reinstall Windows, but if you don't have the CD, you might
>find a copy of it in the Windows>Options>Cabs folder. If you see about 125 MB worth
>of stuff in that folder, that's your Windows backup. Some computers will have this,
>some won't. If you do, you're lucky. Simply click on the setup.exe file and you're
>all set to go. Just make sure you DON'T select reformat the disk if it asks you,
>because you'll only end up losing everything on the computer. A simple reinstall
>will still keep most everything in place, although a few odd programs may need to
>be reinstalled afterwards - make sure you have on hand any serial numbers needed
>for the programs you really want to keep in case you might have to reinstall them.
> You won't know which ones will have to be reinstalled until after you've reinstalled
>Windows and start testing everything out, but I've always found it out to be just
>a couple of programs in my case.
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