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Win98 SE on a P4 system

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by alexhay

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Guys..need help here. I have a P4 system running on Win98SE. The problem is the system time will slow down after a while of using, roughly 2 hours. Then if leaves overnight, it will slowdown by a few hours. The vendor of the system gave me excuse that I cannot accept. Here is the solution.. Shut-Down/Reboot Win98SE every day (MS knowledgebase: Q189706), Upgrade to other OS (ie. Windows2000) and flash the bios to R01-E4. Even the screensaver also will lag. As the vendor claims that this is a common. Here is the claims : Seems to be affected by Intel P3/P4 processor with CPU speed 1GHz or
more and Old PC with slower processor and older Chipset doesn't seems to exhibit
this problem. This system is been installed with a normal software ie Office97 (Patched to SP2), antivirus (Trend) and printer drivers. I really need help here. Please advice.

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by copelj

Did you install the OS yourself was it a vendor install. I would do a fresh install of the OS and install each hardware device one at a time. Let it set for a day or two then load the rest of the software in one at a time. How much memory does it have....try checking the system resources.

by paul broadwith, blue ivy ltd

Did the system come with the OS installed? If so, the vendor has sold you a machine that has a fault. Items that have a fault in them can be returned to the supplier and swapped/refunded. If he sold you it with the OS then that is part of the package as a whole.

On the other hand if you installed it, how did you do it? Did you take the hard drive from your old machine and simply plonk it into the new machine? If it's a clean install on the new machine then I'd suggest you follow the advice of the knowledgebase article which suggests more than just flashing the bios. It also suggests turning off Power Management.

As a side note, restarting Windows 98 every day is a good idea.

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by namron

I have a P4 system and originally had Win98 on it. However, my system ran worse then my previous P11. I experienced excessive bootup times (typically 3 1/2 minutes) and the machine just ran slow. This is not what you'd expect from a 1.5g processor. I didn't have a problem with the clock, but everything else was laggy. I finally upgraded to XP and could not believe the difference. I feel that XP and P4s are made for each other.

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