What causes Windows 98 to do bad, not keeping a AV program up to date and no Spware program?
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Windows 98 is old. Very old. New software is hard to find for an old OS. When windows 98 was first released, microsoft found flaws in it and released Win 98 second edition to try to fix the flaws. check and see which version your running. That may be the reason your encountering alot of problems. \n\n** just upgrade and get it over with. **
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Great question and thanks for participating. It's obvious that you have a great deal of knowledge with computers simply because you wouldnt have the particular equipment in your computer if you didnt. There are a few things that can cause that problem as you know, cookies and temp files being the main cause. Also, by defragging the hard drive will help. The registry files can also cause problems of that nature and will need to be cleaned up and repaired if necessary. Registry cleaners are available at no charge in some cases and can be found by using www.google.com. Last of all, do not overlook the possibilities of trojans, viruses, etc which can also cause that problem for you. If I can help in any way, plz let me know and i'll work with you step by step until the problem is solved. Hit me on dumbbutt4321@yahoo.com if you'd like. Larry RadioShack 01-9590
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Will U is right.  Anything made my Symantec, including Norton Antivirus, is worse than having a virus.  Your problem is that your operating system (Windows ME) has been installed for years now, and any version of Windows 98, like you have, really needs to be reinstalled every 6-12 months, for optimal performance.\n\nYou'll want to backup all of your important data first, then find someone you know that knows quite a bit about computers to reformat your hard drive first, then reinstall Windows.
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do you have all your windows security updates?\n if not,you should get those and only run ONE anti virus program..running two they will conflict with each other,,not to mention slowing your machine down lots
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Try copying it to your hard drive at the lowest settings.  When you are copying, press ctrl-alt-delete.  Go to processes, and be sure to end any processes that you deem unnessesary.  It would be a good  idea to temporarly shut down anti virus programs, esspecially norton, because they tend to make your processor work.  These mess ups happen ussually because your processor isnt capable of ripping a dvd (which is very cpu intensive), and due even moderately  cpu intensive tasks, especially if it is an older cpu.  Turn off background programs that you think you dont need (avoid the ones with microsoft lable or if you think they are important...esspecially make sure you dont turn off explorer)...then try it.
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try this nice software both system diagnostics and security diagnostics, and it's free:\nhttp://www.belarc.com/Programs/advisor.exe
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try an updated antivirus.
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Most everything that runs on xp will also run on 98. It's when you get back to win95 that you start having problems.
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XP W/ SP 2 IS ACTUALLY (man, that's annoying) quite stable.  With problems like that I'd try reinstalling Windows--this'll give you a fresh install and wipe out stuff running in the background.  If same thing happens with fresh install you probably have a hardware problem.
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Windows 98 had known problems with shut down.  Check this website hopefully it will give you answers on where to go to resolve your problem without have to reinstall windows.\n\nhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/q238096/
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You'd have to do a lot of registry editing for that, a virus is causing that problem, a very old virus that usually infects the NT based platforms. The problems will be in deferent sections in your pc so it can't be said certainly where to fix it.\n\nThere are two ways you have to fix it, first you have to install a good quality anti-virus software in your system, like - nod32, bitdefender etc. You can try downloading the trail versions, or you can have pirated copy from me. Secondly, you have to update your version of windows 2000. Windows is not a very reliable platform to use so you have to keep it upto date in order to be in safe distance from messing it up. Though you are using a pirated copy you can always download service packs and updates from microsoft.com or any other non-official site and install them, just be sure those does not contain any virus, and before installing any update make sure your pc is clean.
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update your antivirus and antispyware programs and run them in safe mode if that dont work you will have to delete it manually \nfor tips on it you can go to this http://bartman1.blogspot.com/
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PLs update on software at a time, try not to go for multiple updations at the same time, also check the serial key of WinXPsp2
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Do a search for "Windows Genuine Advantage crack" (quoting only the first three words).  You can remove a couple of registry keys, a couple of programs, and a couple of DLLs.  Some of those results will go so far as to give you "updated" versions of these files to restore your lost functionality.
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Norton Utilities offers a feature where you can scan your Windows program for errors.  It is called WinFix or something like that.  It locates and repairs problems.
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If you run WinXP, then you probably need to turn off system restore and run a full scan afterwards.  Some programs hide in the restore folder because it won't be seen by the antivirus program.
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Get windows updates as well:\nhttp://www.windowsupdate.com\n\nIE isn't very secure. Mozilla Firefox is better.