How do I get rid of my unnecessary programs that start up
at boot up?

Yesterday I  installed Windows 98 SE on a PC -
PII/196Mb/20GB. All went well until I installed the Rage
Pro graphics driver, when the system hung on every boot. I
used the workaround for this issue - disabled hardware

I have several older computers that I wish to completely
clean and remove old programs and essentially all
personal stuff. I am not opposed to reformatting teh hard
drive but really don't know how. Would like to take them

My system resources drop to 56% with an Earthlink
connection only. I took a look at my C:drive and noticed
that my win386.swp swap is 253mb is this my permanent swap
file? Can I delete or rename this file?

I recently updated my norton system works.  I had not done
a defrag for quite some time so I did so.  How long is a
reasonable time for it to finish?  Obviously more
fragmented more time but....hours and hours and hours!

Thanks Alan.  It Starts up much quicker, like it should.  
One more question.  During startup, at one point the
screen goes black (I assume DOS) and I now have five c
drive commands.  It looks like this: (there is a blinking

Atleast every other time Iam on the computer I notice the
mouse starting to not respond as well and then the pointer
goes all over the screen and windows start popping up
randomly all over the screen. I havs e to shut down and

I hope someone out there can help. I am having trouble
with my computers performance. Very slow to boot , respond
to mouse, respond to typing, everything! Not sure what to
do but it is driving me nuts. please contact at any time.

Win98 will only boot into "safe mode". Shuts down OK but stays in "Safe
Mode" when re-booted.   Any suggestions?
Edd@bnNorth.net

When I run msconfig, under the autoexec.bat tab, there
are four commands.  Each of them is the same:  
      @C:\windows\COMMAND\scanreg.exe/opt
I will appreciate any help.

I had made a ghost copy or drive image of my hard drive on another hd a few
months back. Time has come for me to implement that drive as my main drive, for
the original went south. I had my OS, which was Win98se on it. The first time I
booted the system, I got  the typical message ...

WhenI try to open a word document I get the hour glass.
Then I hit control, alt, delete and get a box that allows
me to delete many programs that are clogging up my RAM. I
still must reboot to get going, but still can't do

I keep getting the error message:
c:\windows\system\bridge.dll
Does anyone know what this is & how to fix it?
I also have slowed down considerably - lots of freeze

I was speaking with a gentleman on the phone today, who's
running windows98.  When booting his machine up, it loads
to the c: prompt.  He says he has nothing in the "a" drive
or in the cd-rom.  What is causing this error and how do I

Disregarding all hype and bias...Between 98 FE and 98 SE, which of the 2 is more stable
I'm defining stable as FEWER lockups, freezes, blue screens of death, and other softwar
weirdness.  Any one with personal experience using both 98 FE and SE on the sam
machine?  I've been told ...