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by gary chromacomp

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Recently I saw a nice background I wanted to use for my desktop. I right clicked from the image and set it as my wallpaper. About 2 days later I noticed my video was slow so I went back to the regular Win98 desktop wallpaper. Now when I close out ofIE5.5 it hangs in task manager for about 20 seconds. (IEXPLORE Not Responding), then all is working fine. But for that 20 seconds I cant do anything ie go to control panel, read a document or even shut down. I have uninstalled 5.5 to go back down to4.0 then when and reinstall 5.5. I Tried a repair option but it still hangs. I'm running Win98 with 128mem 8mg video & 8gb hdd. Got me stumped and I'm certified for 95/98/NT&2000

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by mm212

Sounds like a problem with Active Desktop. Right-click on any empty area of your Windows desktop, go to the "Active Desktop" menu and uncheck "Show Web Content".

by rogerndgreen

Bit of a longshot, but see if you have got a bitmap file in the windows folder called "Internet Explorer Wallpaper". If you have, try deleting it.

Also, has your IE cache gotten too big? Maybe that also needs a clear-out.
If you are using 5.5,have you upgraded to SP1 (my version says 5.50.4522.1800).

HTH

Roger

by gary chromacomp

Sorry no Bitmaps to clear. I did clear out the Windows\wallpaper\web folder to no avail. I also have the same version as you. :(

by dmiles

Go to the device manager and check to see how many display drivers are listed,the prolem could be that the system is trying to load a different driver than the one you have installed to provide for game display.
Uninstall the video driver and reinstall

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