Your PC is probably loaded with spyware that is also hogging resources.
There is an excellent article about spyware in PC Magazine:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,978170,00.asp
Their Editor's Choice is Spybot for spyware removal. It's free.
http://security.kolla.de/
Joe
> In the Windows 98, Control Panel, Display, Background, Wallpaper (None) I
> found that the Pattern for the (None) selection had been set to create
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> Lowell Copeland
> New York, NY
Lowell Copeland - 11 Sep 2004 01:11 GMT
I don't think so. I ran Pest Patrol and Ad-Aware three times each. They came
back clean. This is not a case of not enough resources. The file has been
changed and I need to know what the name of the file is that contains the
Background (none) Patterns (none) setup.
> Your PC is probably loaded with spyware that is also hogging resources.
>
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> > Lowell Copeland
> > New York, NY
Joe727 - 11 Sep 2004 01:34 GMT
Give SpyBot a try. Run it in Advanced Mode and put a check mark next to all
the File Sets boxes.
Joe
>I don't think so. I ran Pest Patrol and Ad-Aware three times each. They
>came
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