>Start with a defrag and diskscan of the hard drives.
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>I defraged the D:, not the C:. I'll try that. Didn't run diskscan. I'll try that, too.
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>Clean out temp folders, especially the ones under Windows and those used by IE.

You'll get a bigger bang by doing it to the C drive, which is probably where temp files are going.

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>If you've installed and uninstalled lots of software, run RegClean to remove unneeded registry entries.
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>RegClean? Is that something that comes with Windows? I'm not at home and have a different OS here so can't check.

It's been pulled from the Microsoft site, by I found it at www.shareware.com. It scans the registry and removes keys that don't point to anything. This frequently happens when uninstallers simply delete files and don't remove registry settings.

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>How big is your Windows swap file? IMO, it should be at least 2x physical memory.
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>Hmmmmm... I don't know this one. Could you tell me simply how to get to in on Win98SE? Otherwise, I'll look through the help file when I get home.
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Right-click on MyComputer. Select Properties, then the Perfomance tab. Finally click on Virtual Memory.


>Thanks for the suggestions. I'll give them all a try tonight.
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>Michelle