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win95 freezes with rectangle

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by rgore

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why does my win95 freezes with an image of a rectangle on the screen.

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by jovajo

First things first:
Did you installed any new software?
What kind of video card have you got?
At what moment the computer hangs?
What programs do you have in your Startup Folder?
What display settings have you got at the moment?
I think we need at least these details to give a possible solution.
Regards
Jovajo

by mzy

Some unknowns: Does it freeze when starting? Or does it freeze when starting a program? If so what is the program?
But even so, you may want to try something first: try to boot in safe mood and check all your booting. If it is a program's problem, uninstall it.

Hope it works! Maozy

by jmatt

http://www.helponthe.net/news/042000.html
** Periodic Hard Drive Maintenance **

To troubleshoot and avoid: ?Illegal Operations, Invalid Page Faults,
Lockups/Freezeups, the following steps can be used, regardless of the
program (and whetherMicrosoft product or not) that causes the fault.
Use them under Windows 95, 98, or NT. If you use your PC regularly, take these steps every week or every other week.

by plugging_along

Just wondering: are you on a LAN and log out and have disk maintenance scheduled while you are logged off? That more than likely will lock up the machine; if you have screensaver active, a "fraction" of the saver image may be frozen onto the screenat lockup...

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