"Not responding"

[sc]

I am running Windows XP Home Edition upgrade (from Windows
98). It seems to run OK, albeit somewhat slowly, most of
the time. But, at various (random?) times a program will
stop responding. This is most noticable when running
Outlook Express, and trying to open a web page from a link
in a message. This is usually cured by hitting CTRL-ALT-
DELETE, but not always - the Task Manager window will show
the message as "Not Responding".

I use Disk Cleanup and NAV scan every week. And I defrag
the hard drive every 3 months.

The only references to this in the knowledge base offer no
real cure. Any other ideas?

Thx.

[Rich Barry]

Try System Mechanic. www.iolo.com It's free for 30 days. Do a complete
cleanup of your Registry and files.
You probably have some old Win98 files lurking in the background.
"sc" > wrote in message
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> I am running Windows XP Home Edition upgrade (from Windows
> 98). It seems to run OK, albeit somewhat slowly, most of
> the time. But, at various (random?) times a program will
> stop responding. This is most noticable when running
> Outlook Express, and trying to open a web page from a link
> in a message. This is usually cured by hitting CTRL-ALT-
> DELETE, but not always - the Task Manager window will show
> the message as "Not Responding".
>
> I use Disk Cleanup and NAV scan every week. And I defrag
> the hard drive every 3 months.
>
> The only references to this in the knowledge base offer no
> real cure. Any other ideas?
>
> Thx.