I purchased a Dell PC system a few years ago running Windows 98.  The
techs warned me that if I installed Win 98 2nd edition there may be
problems with using Adaptec Direct CD 2.5 to burn CDs so I never
installed it.  Now I'm want to upgrade to the latest version of Adobe

I can get the defrag window up, hit defrag C drive and it
looks like it's working but it never gets past 0%.  I've
had it working over night and it never goes anywhere.  It
seems that the Defrag program is not working.  Is there a

For some reason, when I double click to open ANY folder,
there is a 5 or 10 second delay.  Openning anything else
(programs, etc.)is normal?  What's going on?  My system
resources are cool (86%), I defragged and did a scan disc

When I right click 'My Computer' then 'Properties'
then 'Performance' I get this message:
This program has performed an illegal operation and will
be shutdown.  If the problem persists, contact the vendor.

I wonder if anyone can suggest what might be causing my 98SE to get
bogged down when I do the following:
1) Use WExplorer to delete a file
2) Use my Computer to look at properties for c drive.

I have some deep virus problem that's gradually shut down
most everything on my old computer.  Whenever I double
click anything to start it (including things on the
Control Panel and on CD), I get the message "Cannot find

When the arrow turn green what does tha means?

When I run the defragmentation tool again, when it has
finished, it finds holes again (free sectors), and
apparently starts shifting files. When it has done so,
and I start it yet again I have the impression it finds

I can no longer access anything in the Control Panel:
after it opens up and I click any of the icons I get the
message "Access to specified path, file or device denied."
Anyone have any suggestions?

Computer set up with Win98 and two hard drives,(C and D).
CDROM is Drive E. CDROM works with Plug and Play, but I
cannot open it manualy. (MY computer drive E).Error
message "drive not accessable".

My computer seems tremdously sluggish, as programs take
minutes, not seconds to open.  Word will eventually open,
but will not open any documents.  Outlook seems to work,
as does Explorer.  Norton is slow, but eventually works.  

I have Windows 98 SE. My computer shuts down on its own
even when I can be printing or just it up. Sometimes it
will shut down and then restart. What can I do to fix this
problem?

After opening about 4 applications (graphic intensive), I
get a message 'Run out of memory'.  I have to shut down
one application in order to open another one.  I upgraded
the RAM from 128Mb to 512Mb.  I still get the same

When I insert a game disc,Flight simulator or any other
game, I get an error box saying 'This program has
performed an illegal operation and will be shut down'. I
have a Dell and am using Win 98.

I just posted this and I don't think it went through so if there is a double post sorry.  I have an old computer (running Windows 98se) with an amd k6 400mhz, 256mb sdram, oe motherboard and just replaced my old hard drive with a 80gb with 8mb cache.  The motherboard is only ...