Sudden Freeze

This is a really simple thing to try. Go to Control Panel display screen savers. then to where the energy saving settings are and look to make sure the settings are set to never never. one is for the monitor the other is for hard drive. Let me know if this works if not I will think on it a bit

Find out what is running in 98. Use msconfig to start it with nothing loading and see if the problem persist. If it goes away start adding programs and services back into windows one at a time to see if you can find the program that could be causingthis. If all this fails maybe try a different peice of RAM if you have access to it.
See if that helps.

By the Way, my computer is configured as a Server, and Internet Sharing is enabled. I have a Home Network of My computer + 5 other computers. I use DHCP to automatically configure other computers in the network.

This may be a longshot;

Does it freeze after a specific time of being on? Say....after 20 minutes?

If so, you may want to look into your cpu's cooling sources. Sometimes the overheating of the inside of the case can seize the system useless.

I'd open up the case and run the pc open for a while and see how it reacts. If it works fine, you've found your culprit.

Good luck.

Using Automatic Skip Driver in W98 .

Automatic Skip Driver (ASD) identifies failures that have
caused Windows 98 to stop responding on previous startups
and marks them so they are bypassed on subsequent startups.

Click Start, pointing to Programs, pointing to Accessories,
pointing to System Tools, and then clicking System Information.
In System Information, click Tools, and then click Automatic Skip
Driver Agent.
All devices or operations that have failed to start are listed
by ASD. You can use ASD to enable any device previously disabled
by ASD, and Windows 98 will attempt to use the device on the next
startup attempt. If it fails, your computer will stop responding.
When you restart your computer again, ASD will prevent the operation
from running allowing you to start your computer. Click Details to
identify the failing device and display a suggested course of action.

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.

1. Close all programs.

2. Hit Start-Find-Files or Folders. In the Named box, type
( or copy & paste ) the following exactly as it appears
(but it is not case-sensitive), and without any spaces:

*.tmp,~*.*

Make sure the Look-In box contains the hard drive from which your
applications run, usually (C:). Make sure the Include Subfolders
checkbox is checked. Hit Find Now.

When the little magnifying glass stops, searching has completed and
you can see how many files were found at the bottom of the dialog box.
If you feel bad about having so many, the author's record on a user's
PC is 6,600, though less than a hundred is typical. On your keyboard,
hold your Ctrl key down and hit the letter "a"; this selects all the
files that were found. Hit your delete key and say Yes when asked if
you want to send all the files to the recycle bin.

If you are asked if you are sure you want to delete a file because it
is a program that you will not be able to run again, or because it is
a read-only file, say Yes. Program files do not start with a squiggly
line (~ it's called a tilde - till-duh), nor do they end with "tmp."

If you are unable to delete some of the files, hit Ctrl-Alt-Delete and
End Task on everything in the list EXCEPT Explorer and Systray.

If you frequently get illegal operation or invalid page fault error
messages in Windows 98, there is a great utility that Microsoft
included which you can use to troubleshoot, find the cause of, and
correct those errors to prevent yourself from getting them again. It
also logs all errors so you can report them to Microsoft or your
software program's vendor so that they can fix the problem. To start
this program:

Click Start, Run.
Type "DrWatson" and press ENTER.
An icon for Dr.Watson will appear on your taskbar tray
( next to the time )
Double click it. From here on you can view detailed information about
your Win98 system.

Recommend putting a shortcut to Dr. Watson in your Startup group,
especially if you frequenty experience crashes, as it will
automatically log all illegal operations and invalid page
faults/general protection faults that you might get.

Today I cleaned up my computer (Physically), and i found something rather interesting. One of my RAM modules was not inserted correcly. After I corrected that and now i haven't got any problems. I wonder why the BIOS and Windows manage to even RECOGNIZE the module. Anyway, thank you very much for your suggestions.

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