Donna,

When you said in an earlier post you took the computer to someone and "had it redone" 
what exactly do you mean, reinstall only Internet Explorer or a fresh install of 
WinMe?

Anyway, when I had the kind of troubles you describe it was usually associated with 
certain websites. Many web designers assume nowadays that everyone has a fast internet 
connection. I had FEWER crashes with a fast connection than I did when my fast download 
quota was used up and the connection slowed down to dialup speed. So your slow connection 
may be a contributing factor to crashes when you try to access certain websites.

There are some simple things you can try.

Clean out the temporary internet files folder regularly. 

There are two ways to do this. 
-Open Internet Explorer, click the "Tools" button along the top. 
-Select "Internet Options..." from the drop down menu. 
-On the "General" tab of "Internet Options" box click "Delete Files". Check "Delete 
all offline content" on the popup box and click OK. 

I would also Delete the Cookies. It might mean you would have to re-enter your password 
for websites that require one.

The other way to clean out the temporary internet files folder is to run "Disk Cleanup".
You should find it under 

Start--->Programs--->Accessories--->System Tools--->Disk Cleanup

Make sure the temporary internet files box is checked.


I found cleaning out the temporary internet files folder helped when getting several 
IE errors repeatedly. However it is NOT a permanent solution. The problem will come 
back but it can help in the short term. There is a downside in that pages you visit 
regularly will take longer to load because they need to be redownloaded all over 
again.


You said you only use the computer to "play". Some online games require Java runtime 
files for them to be displayed properly. A lot of web pages use java scripting so 
it may help to install the latest version of Java for Win 98 & Me. I believe some 
of the very latest releases have dropped support for Win 98 & Me but I am not sure. 
I hope others can comment on that in more detail.


Firefox uses a lot of system resources so works better on more powerful computers.
For that reason I decided to try Opera.

http://www.opera.com/download/

The current release is version 9.25. I decided to install Opera classic since I am 
using Win 2000. I think the regular version is geared more toward the XP or Vista 
look. Either one shouldn't take much more than 15-20 minutes to download. And yes, 
you can still use Outlook Express.

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