Dr. Mac

Greetings froman Welcome to the forums! First of all, Windows 98se does not handle memory above 256 very well AT ALL. So, MAKE SURE THE MAX. MEMORY USAGE IS SET TO 256. To do this, go to your MS Configuration utility. I'm sure you know how to do that, but just in case you don't : * Click "Start >> Run" * In the run box, type : msconfig * Click on O.K. The Msconfig box will pop up. Click on the "Advanced" button. About half way down you will see "Limit memory to ... " Put a tick in that box and then set the memory to 256. Click O.K. .... then click Apply ... and OK again. Done! -------------------------------------- As far as anti-viral programs go, you can use the free AV scanner called Clam Win. You can read all about it and download it here: http://www.clamwin.com/ Hope this helps. Best wishes, Dr. Mac

Greetings folk. I think this topic is VERY important, so I'm "bumping" it to the top! I am a devoted user of Win98se. I also have MS Office 2000 on my PC. As more and more individuals and businesses start to use Office 2007, there is going to be a real problem for those of us with Win98 (and ME) opening those files. SO .... Please - to those tech-experts out there - PLEASE do experiment until you can give us some solid advice on how to make this work. As an example - For Office 2003 users, Microsoft says that they must FIRST install the Excel, Word and Power Point 2003 readers AND THEN install the Office Compatibility Pack. It would therefore appear that us users of Win98 (and I guess ME) should also be thinking along the lines of installing those three "readers" first. However, as with the full Compatibility Pack, the Microsoft site says that none of them support Win98. So perhaps the .msi files need to be changed on those three readers, get them installed, and then install the full Compatibility pack - again with the .msi file "doctored" I eagerly await all your expert advice. As I said, I really believe this is going to be a very important - in fact critical - thing to get sorted out. Thanks as always and best wishes ... Dr. Mac

Thanks so much guys. You are the BEST - no wonder us newbies enjoy coming here and learning from you! Best wishes, Dr. Mac

Thanks for the replies folks. I will certainly take a look at everything suggested here. Much appreciated. Dr. Mac

Dear Members Hello and greetings. Some time ago - soemwhere on this forum - I saw a post which described the problem below. But I can't for the life of me find it again. The "Problem" NOT anything major, but would like to know what to do. When you start up Win98se, as the desktop appears, an hour-glass appears next to the mouse pointer (to show programs etc are still loading) After a short time, the hour-glass goes away. BUT THEN ... a second or two later it appears again !!! NOW ... the post I once saw here spoke about this and said it was caused by a totally unnecessary program doing it's thing (it might have been some sort of Windows program, or a Windows file, like wmiexe.exe ....) Well, I do remember it was definitely SOMETHING that was causing this - and it often happens when you open Internet Explorer, or Word, or do many other things on the PC. And that "something" is totally unnecessary to be running. Does anybody know what I'm talking about when I speak about that hour-glass popping up so much? And more important, does anyone know WHAT that totally unnecessary program or file is that is causing the hour-glass to appear so often, and how to stop it? Thank folks. Always a good thing to come here and ask you experienced experts. Best wishes, Dr. Mac