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Three funerals and one wedding in the family over the first six months of the year tend to take some adjusting too ....

#6 by Wizop Fuzzy Logic - 6/29/2004 6:04:13 PM Hmmm, sure you should be only using 3.5 on 98...

I agree. I used to use 98 all the time and I had some problems, but the bottom line is that allot of 4.x and up features are useless on 98. I never upgraded my 98 machine past WB 3.4 It works and I know it works.

Plus 98 handles memory differently too... Its almost a lost cause. Try to get WB 3.4 or better yet 3.3 downgrade. It still looks cool and skins allot of stuff.

Way back in the beginning, you were asked what the exact error message was. You haven't yet told us what that message contains. This is information needed in order to find out exactly why your wb software is crashing.
You haven't mentioned the amount of ram you are using either. having worked with 98 and wb in the past I know that ram is a big issue with crashes on the elderly OS.
98 uses ALOT of resources, which makes it difficult to run many programs at once.if you have several programs running in the background, while trying to run wb, you could be recieving the error message because 98 just can't handle sharing resources well.

I don't understand why you've chosen to be obstinate in your responses to those who are here trying to help you, but I can guarantee you will recieve less and less assistance if you continue to type in such a manner.
Further, it might behoove you to add a bit more information to your request for help. too vague a question results in alot of "could be's"
Hope you will have gotten this issue resolved soon, and I hope you have the grace to take the words posted in these answers to heart and become a more productive citizen of this online community.

i use to get that stupid illegal error all the time when i was using win98 se and it was usally because i had too many programe running at once with a low system resource

As my mother would say, I'm going to "expand my horizons" and update WB. (It may not work)

Meow, you can only expand your horizons when you are big enough to see the horizon.

Have you unloaded WB to see if your proggies still work? Have you uninstalled WB, downloaded a fresh copy and reinstalled? Have you changed themes to see if you have a corrupt file in the theme? Have you been very polite to the ppl you are asking help from?

TYBSP: everything but the last question is yes
Cerebro: To be sure!

Meow, did your proggies work after you unloaded WB?

Now sleep doesn't work. >

The word is called upgrade. Microsoft has already stopped supporting Win98. I read this message from Microsoft updates a while ago.

Windows98 is a piece of junk compared to WinXP. The only reason anyone keeps it around is because of its old Dos game support. It's hard to let go of the past sometime. Especially, when you had so much fun with them.

I brought my system as a 750Mhtz with Win98. I had terrible memory problems with Win98. I just couldn't run the good WinXP stuff with it(DesktopX, even windowblinds was sluggish). The memory requirements just didn't mesh. With WinXP as my OS, my 750 Mthz system ran like a dream with windowblinds and DesktopX. But even it started to bog down with the real heavy loads(Windowblinds,WindowsFX,DesktopX,ObjectDock). So, I got really technical and upgraded this mobo myself. Now, I'm flying with a 3Ghtz P4 and 1GB of Ram. The air is so much prettier up here in heaven. Someone said that it was time to upgrade when their processor was three times slower than the available. I waited until mine was 4x slower than the available. At 500Mhtz, that is 7x slower than the available.

yep time to upgrade yer windows.

Ya think I should build my own and put on Linux??? 98's Microsoft Disk Operating System is pretty crappy though. Not much conventional memory with it. My computer is 5 years old, and is a Gateway. My old Win 3.11 was a gateway too.

I was thinking a Linux dual boot and use Linux for internet(sercurity reasons). Would it be cheaper just to get a Gateway from BestBuy???