OT for Ray
Ray,
You could be suffering from any, or a combination, of a number of problems. There is a problem known as Winrot in which the OS degrades over a period of time. Many factors contribute to this. It is much worse with 98 than with XP and Vista.
Your machine may be infected with malware, which pretty much means software you did not knowingly install.
Various pieces of hardware could be failing. The most common would be fans and hard drives.
Just last week I looked at a machine. From just one area where malware commonly resides, I removed 28 instances of different malware. At this point I determined that it would be more cost efficient and effective to re-install the OS. I ran my normal CHKDSK on the drive and it found and corrected a number of problems. I ran it twice more, since I look for a clean run of it before proceeding. The second and third runs still came up with errors. At this point I informed the client and replaced the hard drive, since it would become unusable in a relatively short period. This machine was only about 2.5 years old.
Since your machine is likely 8+ years old, you are likely more than ready for a replacement. Look for one that has XP installed on it. Continuing to use 98 would be doing a disservice to yourself. If you wish, contact me off list, and I will work up a couple of configurations for you to choose from, along with the pricing.
\Steve//
> —–Original Message—– > From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of > Raymond Wetzel > Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 8:48 AM > To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [AquaticLife] Re: OT for Ray > > Hello guys, Just want you guys to know I appreciate all of your > concerns and suggestions regarding my plight, including support from > my fellow club members, senior centers and software recommendations > from all posts up until 8:24 last night. I’ll take them all under > consideration, and while I’d just prefer to get this machine running > as intended I’m sure I need to buy a new machine as this one is plain > getting old — with memory capacity limited to what can be expected > of it; still I fail to see why it can’t operate at least decently the > way it was designed to when first marketed - but I think the time has > come to up-grade. Even without being a ‘puter wiz, I’m sure its > problems are internal and not due to anything internet related. > > These problems may be fixable, as I’ve had the machine in for similar- > problem repairs from time to time but I can’t see dumping more money > into it when its capacity is limited anyway. With the market’s > recent encouraging rise over the last few sessions, hopefully that > time may not be too far off. Just as the current financial situation > has affected so many others, my portfolio has similarly been down > about 32% since September and I just don’t feel comfortable getting a > big (or medium) ticket item at this time, not that I couldn’t. Its > probably more psychological that this recession is bothering me > rather than an actuality, since my situation hasn’t really changed; > I’ll no doubt splurge for this need of something newer sooner than > later — just old ingrained ways of thinking from early experiences > during the War that sometimes brings out the frugality in me (LOL). > I’m seeing where Dell is offering some nice deals on PC’s and I’ve > also been looking at Gateway as a good product. > > As I still have the Windows 98 software, and am so used to its > operation, I’m just wondering if I should install that OS in a new > computer with all the controversy I see about other OS’s, or would I > just be limiting a new PC’s abilities? I don’t want to get an OS > that would give me more problems than its worth in getting used to > it. Anyway, for the time being, I’ll be struggling with this beast > until I make myself reach deeper into the pockets (hopefully soon). > Many thanks for all the help, Ray > > > > —In AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com, “Harl Myers” wrote: > > > > Nice to know about the invite thing… And I have 96 of them > left… Now > > if I could trade them in for a 96 gal. tank… > > > > Hope all of you guys can help Ray out! > > > > Harl > > > > > > On 1/2/09, Lenny V. aka GoldLenny wrote: > > > > > > Harl, > > > > > > Just to let you know, in case you didn’t know, Gmail doesn’t have > to be by > > > invites any longer. It’s open to everyone now for about the past > two years. > > > Just go to http://www.Gmail.com and sign > up. I > > > know they still give us the > > > Invite bot on the Gmail home page > > > > > > It is still called Beta for some strange reason. No telling why > Google has > > > decided to keep it in Beta this long??? Google’s answer is they > are always > > > working on new features but that could be said for almost any > software that > > > exists. Some have speculated that Google keeps it in Beta for > legal reasons > > > so they don’t have to be as liable for any mishaps. I hope they > don’t start > > > a trend. I was one of the original group of Beta testers when it > first > > > started up.. not the first 1,000, but an invitee from one of > those first > > > 1,000 users. I have over 46,000 emails saved in my first Gmail > account > > > dating back to June, 2004 (Gmail started in April 2004) and still > going… > > > only 18% full which isn’t really correct since Google is > constantly raising > > > the bar on storage limitation. They launched Gmail offering 1Gig > of storage > > > which was mind-boggling for a free email service back then. > Hotmail was > > > only offering 2MB and Yahoo was offering 4MB. Since then, all of > the > > > freebies have increased their storage to the virtually unlimited > levels. > > > > > > I understand that Gmail is now available offline… meaning one > does not > > > have to be connected to the internet to read and compose recent > emails… > > > kind of like an email client such as Outlook but I haven’t tried > it since I > > > use Outlook. > > > http://startupmeme.com/google-calendar-gmail-to-go-offline/ > > > > > > Heck… the Google Chrome browser didn’t stay in Beta as long as > Gmail has. > > > LOL > > > > > > Fish… had to mention fish to keep this on topic. LOL > > > > > > Lenny Vasbinder > > > Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com > > > > (Links to any articles referenced in above reply are listed on > the right > > > side, alphabetically under Labels and also under Archives by > Year, Month) > > > > > > —–Original Message—– > > > From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > [mailto: > > > AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com ] On > > > Behalf Of Harl Myers > > > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 6:03 AM > > > To: aquaticlife@yahoogroups.com > > > Subject: [AquaticLife] OT for Ray > > > > > > “As for the computer, what do you mean by “again”? It’s more > like “still,” > > > or on-going, as in “ever-after” only in this case its > not “happily” . > > > Just lost a long reply to Lenny’s and > \Steve’s// > > > discussion on global warming/climate change, yesterday afternoon. > > > Don’t know if I’ll bother to write it all again. ” > > > > > > I would be happy to send you a gmail invite, as it has a save > draft > > > feature. > > > Or you could use your word processor, or even notepad to type > your replies, > > > save as you go and then cut and paste into the message when you > are > > > complete… > > > > > > If you want a gmail invite just let me know… > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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