Very slow

Sounds like you need to do a little cleanup of the hard disk, go into explorer and erase the files in the windows\temp directory and also erase the *.tmp files in windows. Scan disk builds the fffe0001.tmp files and any time a folder has more than 512 files it starts slowing your machine down when accessed, extremely bad if it's your windows directory. The windows\temp folder is where all your print jobs and installation programs temporarily store space. So clearing this will fix all the unprinteds left out there as well as free up space for more print files. Good Luck!

my questions for you:
1) what os and service pack?
2) what has changed since things used to work?
3) do you have plenty (>300MB) of free, defragged hard disk space.
4) are other applications slow also?
5) when it refuses to print, can you printa test page at that point (right click printer icon, pick properties, print test page)

The OS is Win 98 SE, no changes have been made before or after these problems occured. Yes i have lots of Hard disk space, yes everything is slow even internet access, i tried to print a test page for the printer and none has printed i tried an uninstall and then reinstall the printer but no success.

*defrag drive
*disk cleanup
*add more memory
*get a faster cpu

Besides cleaning up the TEMP. folder download Adware www.lavasoftusa.com . If you do a lot of Internet surfing chances are you have picked up some "spybots". These are known to slow down a system also. A good anti-virus scan with updated definations would be in order also.

A slow CPU could also be the cause also. Have you run scan disc and defrag lately? If not you should.

Have a look at the following link to solve your problem. I have tried this quick reference and worked perfectly.
Windows 9X
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=271510

Your system might be infected by w32.klez virus. This virus slows down the computer. Please update the virus protection software and run a full scan of the hard drive. If it detects klez virus, here is link on how to fix it. http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.klez.removal.tool.html

If I were you, what I would do if I suspected a virus or strange activity.
Start the computer up, close all other programs, and look at the 2 computers on the bottom right corner indicating network connectivity (Internet). Does it blink for no reason? Close all other apps in the dock bar (the apps that are on near the clock).
Still blinking computers?
Do a CTRL+ALT and DELETE that is hold CTRL and ALT press DELETE key, do you see any strange program name listed there? If so just end task them.

Start outlook, set the settings to not to retrieve emails automatically *you know like preiodic email checkings* turn them off, just let it sit doing nothing, do you see blinking activity?

If you do, it could be a outlook virus, using youremail address as the source and sending people in your contact list emails attached with a virus.

Otherwise, check if you harddrive has DMA enabled, it is in the device manager in system properties in control panel. Cheers

I'd be inclined to point the finger at your printer(s).

When Windows boots, it tries to restore any connections it had when it was shutdown, including printers. If there's a problem with the printer, it will delay the opening of any apps, Outlookincluded.
Also, all office apps use the print drivers to format their display and output, causing further problems.

Try just deleting your printers altogether, reboot and see what happens. If the problem is resolved, try reinstalling your printers in a different way, i.e. direct IP printing/print queues/parralell cable/with a different version of the driver PCl or PS.

Hope this helps,
Gary

Check your system resources. Right click My Computer and then choose properties. Click the performance tab and check system resources. If there is less than 70% free that may be your problem. To free up resources click Start, run and type: msconfig.Click startup tab and click to clear the check in boxes of programs you rarely use and programs that use a lot of resources like MS Office Realplayer ect. Run Disk Cleanup by right clicking the C: drive in My Computer and choosing properties. Also run disk defragmenter and install more memory.

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