One of our computers at school has developed a strange problem which I've never experienced before in this particular way. Win 98SE, 256 Mb RAM, CPU about 600 or 700 MHz (can't remember exactly), networked to 3 other machines. Usage isn't heavy -- just simple word processing with MS Works, Outlook Express for mail, and the main school database which is a DOS-based application that seldom gives any problems on any of the machines.
We've had that particular computer about one year and there have hitherto never been any problems. Everything works fine after boot-up and while the machine is being used, but if the owner (my boss) gets up and goes away for ten or fifteen minutes, with no apps open, just the desktop showing -- on his return the system is completely frozen. On pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del, after a LONG time, the Close Program appears and one or other of the items shows "not responding". On closing that down, the system sometimes unfreezes but hangs again and then another item is "not responding" ... and so on. After a reboot everything again works fine, until the next time that he leaves his workstation for more than a few minutes -- when the system hangs yet again! Can anyone offer any sugestions as to why this might be happening, and a possible solution? Thanks for your help, as usual. Virginia Da Costa [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
