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To: Alf who wrote (512)	4/27/1998 12:12:00 AM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Shredded Monitors Does it only occur when you are in Netscape? Does it happen if you are not on the net? Does it only occur on certain sites? Does it ever occur at SI? When the scandisc reports the corrupted file do you tell it to fix it? My guess is that it is not one of the Netscape files. They are probably fragmented as they are the ones open when you have to shut the power off with the switch. Clear all your caches and run a complete scan on your harddrive to mark any bad sectors. Are there any device conflicts in the device manager? Have you installed any new hardware recently? Try disabling Java You might want to get the latest video driver. It may be a software conflict between the video driver and something on a particular site. Someone once reported to me that my web site was locking up his computer. The only thing he could do was power it down. I rewrote the entire site from scratch with a completely different program. Turns out it was the counter (CGI script provided by ATT) that locked up his computer. I also encounter computer lockups (not the shredded monitor type) if I wander too far from SI. One reason I like it hear is this site never locks up my machine. I spent an hour on the Motley sp? fool site and will not go back..total lock up.

To: Alf who wrote (512)	4/27/1998 9:45:00 PM
From: jw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Tim, I'm having same problems. Corrected monitor going thru shredder by adjusting Color Palette. Still having trouble with mouse not working after couple hours. If you haven't done so already, try this, Start/Settings/Control Panel/Display/Settings/ Color Palette. I have 4 options, settled on 256 colors. Monitor OK now. I'm on Netscape v.4.0, Win95 32. Wish I could help more /jw

To: Alf who wrote (512)	5/14/1998 12:51:00 AM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

>>can I delete everything in windows temp folder ?<< I guess, maybe, perhaps "generally okay" <g> I found this definitive answer in the Microsoft magazine. >> Get rid of those temp files As for temporary files, most of them are removed when you shut down the system or when you quit applications. But never the less they always seem to gather-for instance if the machine crashes or through other anomalous events. It helps to remove them manually every once in a while using the following process. 1. Open My Computer and select your harddrive, usually C: and open it. 2. In your Windows directory browse to the Temp subdirectory, the default location for temporary files. 3. Click List in the View menu and click details. 4. In the Arrange Icons menu click By Date 5. Select all the files and folders with dates earlier than today ( they are no longer being used) and put them in the recycle bin. You may find some .exe files among them, and it is generally okay to delete these-often they are just left over from installation programs. If you feel uncomfortable deleting them, it is okay to leave them. 6. Empty your recycle bin<<