Disappearing Resources
I have this very strange problem which I cant figure out. But first my system.
I have a Pentium 850Mhz, 256MB Ram, 40GB HD, Win98 SE Fully patched.
I dont have anything really big running in the backround so keep that in mind, by big I mean kazaa, or any other p2p software.
Lately my computer has been saying its out of resources, freezing up and I had to give it the 3-finger solute or press the reset button. Its very strange, so I figured I had a trojan or something which has been taking all my resources. So update my virus definition, ran it, got some other trojan dectors and ran them, cleaned the system up, found 1 i think. But that didnt fix it, the problem is still occuring so checked msconfig file and removed unnecessary items from start up. No go there as well.
Dont know whats wrong, I been running System Monitor and some other resource monitoring applications and its very strange. One minute everything is fine, then next minute all my resouces disappear and the system freezes. This happens most commenly when I am running MSN messenger, pIRC, and have like 2-3 IE windows open and maybe outlook. Those programs shouldent be too intensive and its just been lately its been happening. I have no clue as to whats going on and any help would be apprciated.
One last thing, I havent defraged the HD in like 8 months, that could be it since I have installed a lot of software and removed a lot over that period so will run that and see what happens, but I dont think it will fix the problem.
Anyone got any advice or suggestions?
-RexDrax
PS: Yes I know upgrade to winXP, which I will do in the next 2 wks or so when I have time. Should I get more RAM too? If so what is compatible with SDRAM PC-133 because thats what I got in there now.
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