CLINT SAYS --- Harold you don't know your CPU speed? When the PC boots it will be on the first POST screen. I don't remember where to find it on Win98.
Only you are going to know if you have generic or the real video drivers installed since in the Device Manager even with generic drivers installed it's usually going to name the card correctly. You'll find it usually in "Display Properties" as well. In some cases you may be able to look at the video card's properties in the Device Manager, then go to "Driver file details" and if the driver details are listed by M$, it's generic. Remember what I said in my reply on this with regards to AVG and what's really needed. Those things loading are consuming resources and memory and they may not be needed. You probably also don't need Msg32 since that is a "message server" possibly for your sound card. RESPONSE --- I'm sure I have generic drivers. This discussion encouraged me to look further into the Device Manager window. I buttoned "View devices by connection" > clicked Properties > Driver tab > "Driver File Details" --- and there I see five driver files listed. The provider is Microsoft (which would indicate generic). On your recommendation I removed Msg32 from the Task Manager list (if the computer blows up, I'll be looking for you in Texas). During this searching I noticed I forgot to change my virtual memory settings (minimum) to twice my RAM, making it now 640 (2.5 times RAM; something I once heard from this group). As an aside, the "Win386.swp" moves out of Windows to the root C-directory (C:\); that's about it. Regarding CPU speed, people always mention it. For some reason, it was never important to me. Upon booting up, I don't see any speed mentioned on any screens; of course, it might be behind the MS splash screen (I think that's what it's called). In Belarc, using "Find" I don't see either term (CPU or Speed), listed. Nor do I see it listed anywhere in Device Manager, DirectX or Graphics Diagnostics. Even "Microsoft System Information" makes no mention of "CPU speed" - it shows the following. Operating System: Windows 95 Windows version: 4.10 Processor: Pentium Total physical memory: 260276 KB Available physical memory: 106092 KB* Swap file size: 655360 KB Swap file usage: 0% Swap file setting: No less than 655360 KB Available space on drive C: 2096832 KB Windows directory: C:\Windows TEMP directory: C:\Windows\Temp Now THERE'S a kick in the pants. Why does it indicate Windows 95 when I know I have Windows 98? That's the fun of a computer; you fix one problem and another crops up. I'll attribute "95" to a glitch in that program. --- Harold ============= 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 =====================================================
