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Normally I have the pc on all day and nothing happens until last week when I returned from work and tried to use the pc and it was frozen It did not respond at all so I have to turn off and then on so it worked fine. When I am using it all is fine but when it is not in use after a half hour it frezees so in the morning when I turn off the win log appeared and it stayed frozen until this moment. What could be the problem. I cleaned the disk,ad-aware,spybot but the problem repeats.
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mine did the same thing, my screensaver was engaging, but when i came back, and disengaged it it would freeze. Try that
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Ok. Look, if your computer freezes up again, press alt ctrl delete down at the same time and close down any programs you don't need (Don't Close Explorer). Once you're done and if nothing happens, switch off the computer manually and wait about 8-10 seconds (to clear the RAM's memory) and switch the computer back on. :)
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It may be a hardware issue. Check your CPU and mainboard temperatures. There is a good tool for this at this site. It is free to try.
http://www.hmonitor.com/hmonitor.html
Are you hearing any strange noises before your computer freezes? And does it seem to freeze at random?
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Turn off System standby if it's enabled (Display Properties/Screensaver/Power). I've seen several PCs that will not come out of system standby.
Do yourself a favor BACKUP!
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what's amazing is that WIN98 on 128MB RAM in your system doesn't need more frequent reboots. It's notorious for memory leaks which demand reboots as the days tick on.
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... actually, the stated specs are 128K - which really would be amazing.
128 Mb is plenty for 98 - I'm not aware of any 'notorious' memory leaks, but there is the well known resource issue - that, more than anything, is what necessitates the occasional reboot (a Windows Achilles Heel) but is aggravated by poorly coded applications.
Lockups are typically the result of a software conflict, hardware issue, power saving hiccup or dangerously low resources
I would try ham's suggestion - even try disabling power management, and maybe monitor resources with the Windows Resource meter, in order to rule those in or out
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notorious memory leaks = any application which leaks memory does so in kernel (ring 0) memory. This is extremely unstable and Win98 has poor application management. M$ realized after Win98 that kernel mode applications + the world domination of desktops and 3rd party apps = chaos. So M$ was forced to put 3rd party apps in user mode. (Kernel mode apps are not necessarily bad in highly tested, controlled environments, e.g. Macs)
There were lots of applications which just didn't free up memory.
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." - BILL CLINTON
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"There were lots of applications which just didn't free up memory."
Yes (and I think I said that) - it's poorly coded apps that earned the notoriety - it seems a bit frivolous to place the fault upon 98 when (as you've stated) the problem is due to application coding choices.
It's the pitifully small resource heap that limits Win9x/ME and other DOS based Windows - although the heap is twice the size of that for Win3xx, it's still a weakness
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