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To: mr.mark who wrote (20264)	6/6/2001 4:54:46 PM
From: Ken Adams	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

I run an HP Pavilion at 500mh. I recently bumped RAM up to 256mb. But, things didn't improve that much except for a noticeable gain in speed. When I open 3-5 browsers, I can count on getting a freeze. System dangerously low on resources is usually the message, forcing a reboot. I'm running Windows 98. My old machine has 64mb RAM, runs at 166mh on Win95 and rarely gives me this much grief. Any ideas that will solve this for me? Many thanks! Ken

To: mr.mark who wrote (20264)	6/6/2001 5:50:40 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

mr mark and Raymond, on updating the Norton rescue diskettes: I used to click on 'create' and overlooked the 'update' option. 'Create' takes much longer, especially if you have specified full formatting. But today I 'updated' and it asked only for the virus definition floppies. Gottfried

To: mr.mark who wrote (20264)	6/6/2001 6:26:04 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

Thanks mark, i bet you have a fairly good idea already what i'm going to say.... <g3> Actually, you must have me confused with someone who has a clue. <w> At some point, I really has to question how much navel gazing the 'Net wanderer ought to put up with in one lifetime. I started using computers in 1995, expecting as the technology matured that it would become more appliance like and useful. It seems that with all the madness and rudeness of the script kiddies, the generally poorly written application software developer's nightmares that take over the registry with all manner of unintended consequences and the immense amounts of time that go into solving mine and my friends glitches and gotchas on the PC that the signal to noise ratio on PCs is getting worse over time and not better. End Rant. So, you think recreating the floppies should be a regular ritual. I've wondered what sort of settings might have to be changed on such a regular basis. Any simple, off the top of the noggin' answers to this one? I seem to recall the good old days when a reboot disk was one floppy and it never needed to be updated because it could at least get you to the DOS prompt. Have we made the process so convoluted now that we can't even do that elegantly any longer. (Sheesh, now I'm lamenting some lost golden age of simple PC pleasures, must be time for me to take a bike ride.... <g>) Best, Ray :)