My W98SE does not complete start-up most of the time.

[Lois]

About two times out of three W98SE hangs up after it fills out the Enter
Network Password Dialog Box.
When it doesn't hang up it takes 3 to 6 minutes before the Desktop appears.
Any suggestions to make it start-up more reliably and ideally faster?
Lois

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Lois wrote:
> About two times out of three W98SE hangs up after it fills out the Enter
> Network Password Dialog Box.
> When it doesn't hang up it takes 3 to 6 minutes before the Desktop
> appears. Any suggestions to make it start-up more reliably and ideally
> faster?
> Lois

[Lois]

PA Bear:
Many thanks!!
When I opened your suggested website, that reminded me to install Startup
Manager [I have used it for my other operating systems].
After I disabled a half-dozen of these startup pests, W98 has now started up
fully in under 2 minutes 3 times in a row and again after using XP
Lois.

[PA Bear]

YW, Lois, and thanks for posting back.

"Lois" > wrote in message
.. .
> PA Bear:
> Many thanks!!
> When I opened your suggested website, that reminded me to install Startup
> Manager [I have used it for my other operating systems].
> After I disabled a half-dozen of these startup pests, W98 has now started
> up
> fully in under 2 minutes 3 times in a row and again after using XP
> Lois.