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To: thecow who wrote (25438)	2/8/2002 6:15:29 PM
From: H Peterson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

Need some advice and help.... I'm running Win 98 with 64 Meg of RAM on a Gateway G6-400...lately the computer gets hung up and I have to reboot...Three times yesterday and twice today. That's not good when you are about to put in a market order at the close of the day...(maybe it saved me some money lately) lol. I have about 5 windows open and my memory meter on Norton says I'm at 100%. Actually it's at 100% with hardly any windows open. I took the side cover off the Mini Tower last night thinking it was over heating but it did it again today. My question is, could the computer be hanging up because I'm maxed out on memory or do I have another problem causing this? I used to get a message saying I'm out of resources and need to shut something down but I don't get that warning anymore. I know I need to get more memory and I'm in that process now. I was just wondering if that would fix my problem.. H Peterson

To: thecow who wrote (25438)	2/8/2002 10:10:35 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

thecow, MSN direct connection: I've used one [with win98SE] for a few weeks now because the MSN connection software has a file called trayclnt.exe which hangs up constantly. MSN is aware of it because many have complained. The previous version of MSN was OK. With the direct, self-made, connection the only difference from other ISPs is that under user ID you put 'MSN/yourname'. I've sent e-mail to MSN support and received no reply on the trayclnt.exe problem. My MSN contract expires soon and I won't renew. I'm now testing FRYS.com which is free for 3 months, then $10. They have a technician who actually answers the phone. Frys.com is only in the SF Bay area as far as I know. Gottfried