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by arichart

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I am running windows 98 on a network with a T1 and IE6 and OE6. For some reason, at random times as soon as I click on the IE shortcut and the webpage begins to load, the PC completely locks up. This happens every once in a while when trying to read my mail in Outlook Express as well. This doesn't seem to be a problem on any other machines on the network, just mine. Any ideas besides cleaning the Temp files, cache, and regular cleaning of the hard drive?

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by dmiles

Do you have Windows Messenger enabled on your system,this could be your problem when messenger starts to load,otherwise it could be any number of things

by thechas

Check for an updated video driver.

I have seen a LOT of problems with W98 and IE6.
So many, that I no longer install IE6 on ANY W98 box!!!

If your video card has a new driver available, this might correct your problem.

I ran a memory manager on a W98 box with IE6, and every time a new browser window was opened, it lost at least 16K of RAM.

MemTurbo worked the best at keeping the PC running until I could wipe the drive and start over.
Now with IE 5.5 SP2 installed, I no longer crash, and do not have the memory leak.

If your video card does not have a driver that is less than 9 months old, your only options may be to:
Replace the video card

Drop back to IE 5.5
If you need to download IE 5.5, you can get the full package from the browser archive at www.evolt.org

Chas

by arichart

I had to reformat at one point, but about a week later, it started up again, but seems to be ok now. I think I have a POS PC. Thanks anyway!

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