>i don't have to do much to reproduce the problem. just try to access the start bar/desktop/windows explorer. as for switching to NT, >unfortunately that is not really an option for my company right now. it seems to me to be a problem with the software somehow instead >of hardware since we have several slower machines with less ram that don't have the problem.

Hmm, try to do this, reboot machine, & when Win95 starts loading, hold the Ctrl till it loads till the end. That way anything in StarUp won't load, then try & see if it still locks up. If not, start putting some stuff out of the startup & see what happens. It's just an idea,