Requesting solutionsWin98 problems

[Dhananjay]

I am using Windows 98 SE since couple of years.After some time of
use,often windows gets corrupted.Then PC needs frequent rebooting or
else windows crashesh frequently or stops responding.
Inspite doing Scan Disk or Defrag,no significant improvement is seen.
In this case most of the software/hardware consultants advice to
format C drive and reinstall Win 98 SE.However this is very time
consuming and like a nightmare.
1.Which measures I should take to have hasslesfree performance
without format,rebooting and reinstallations?
2.Is there any FREE,but reliable registry Cleaner , if so where can I
get it?
Thank you in advance.
Dhananjay Pathak

[Greg]

Here are the tools that I use and have had no problems.

Get Everest
http://www.lavalys.com/products/download.php?pid=1&lang=en&pageid=3
Get Laversoft
http://lavasoft.element5.com/support/download/
Get EasyCleaner
http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm
Get startup
http://mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
Get GeoDisk
http://mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/Software.htm
Get Zip Centeral
http://zipcentral.isCool.net
Hope this helps.
"Dhananjay" wrote:

> I am using Windows 98 SE since couple of years.After some time of
> use,often windows gets corrupted.Then PC needs frequent rebooting or
> else windows crashesh frequently or stops responding.
> Inspite doing Scan Disk or Defrag,no significant improvement is seen.
> In this case most of the software/hardware consultants advice to
> format C drive and reinstall Win 98 SE.However this is very time
> consuming and like a nightmare.
> 1.Which measures I should take to have hasslesfree performance
> without format,rebooting and reinstallations?
> 2.Is there any FREE,but reliable registry Cleaner , if so where can I
> get it?
> Thank you in advance.
> Dhananjay Pathak
>

[Don Phillipson]

"Dhananjay" > wrote in message
om...

> I am using Windows 98 SE since couple of years.After some time of
> use,often windows gets corrupted.Then PC needs frequent rebooting or
> else windows crashesh frequently or stops responding.
> Inspite doing Scan Disk or Defrag,no significant improvement is seen.
> In this case most of the software/hardware consultants advice to
> format C drive and reinstall Win 98 SE.However this is very time
> consuming and like a nightmare.
> 1.Which measures I should take to have hasslesfree performance
> without format,rebooting and reinstallations?

So long as you are sure you are virus free etc. just
reinstal the OS. It takes about 40 min.: no nightmare.]

> 2.Is there any FREE,but reliable registry Cleaner , if so where can I
> get it?

/ start / run / REGEDIT.EXE
(1) Save the Registry in case you need
to restore it
(2) Scroll through the keys
and delete all you are positive are either
absent or unwanted or harmful.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

[peter]

"Dhananjay" <
no, formatting is the fastest way of fixing problems! and i suggest u use
it once a month even if u dont have problems because it makes the pc run
much faster

trial and error is more comsuming and serious problems cant usually be fixed
by fixing the registry or reinstalling some problems !

> wrote in message
om...
>I am using Windows 98 SE since couple of years.After some time of
> use,often windows gets corrupted.Then PC needs frequent rebooting or
> else windows crashesh frequently or stops responding.
> Inspite doing Scan Disk or Defrag,no significant improvement is seen.
> In this case most of the software/hardware consultants advice to
> format C drive and reinstall Win 98 SE.However this is very time
> consuming and like a nightmare.
> 1.Which measures I should take to have hasslesfree performance
> without format,rebooting and reinstallations?
> 2.Is there any FREE,but reliable registry Cleaner , if so where can I
> get it?
> Thank you in advance.
> Dhananjay Pathak

[Dan]

There are no good registry cleaners out there, imo. A user must study the
registry in depth to figure out how to edit it and always have a back-up if
they make a mistake and erase a critical registry entry.

"peter" > wrote in message
...
:
: "Dhananjay" <
: no, formatting is the fastest way of fixing problems! and i suggest u use
: it once a month even if u dont have problems because it makes the pc run
: much faster
:
: trial and error is more comsuming and serious problems cant usually be
fixed
: by fixing the registry or reinstalling some problems !
:
: > wrote in message
: om...
: >I am using Windows 98 SE since couple of years.After some time of
: > use,often windows gets corrupted.Then PC needs frequent rebooting or
: > else windows crashesh frequently or stops responding.
: > Inspite doing Scan Disk or Defrag,no significant improvement is seen.
: > In this case most of the software/hardware consultants advice to
: > format C drive and reinstall Win 98 SE.However this is very time
: > consuming and like a nightmare.
: > 1.Which measures I should take to have hasslesfree performance
: > without format,rebooting and reinstallations?
: > 2.Is there any FREE,but reliable registry Cleaner , if so where can I
: > get it?
: > Thank you in advance.
: > Dhananjay Pathak
:
:

[Don Phillipson]

"Dhananjay" > wrote in message
> om...

> >I am using Windows 98 SE since couple of years.After some time of
> > use,often windows gets corrupted.Then PC needs frequent rebooting or
> > else windows crashesh frequently or stops responding.

"peter" > wrote in message
...

> no, formatting is the fastest way of fixing problems! and i suggest u use
> it once a month even if u dont have problems because it makes the pc run
> much faster

No Windows expert recommends reformatting
the driive (and reinstalling OS and all apps) every month.
Find a web source trusted by many users e.g.
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/how_to.html
and then clean up your system. I think Mr.Badour
says somewhere you need to reinstal less often
than once a year.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

[Dan]

If the user is smart and has their system well-figured out then they can
format and reinstall about every three years and I usually aim for that goal.

"Don Phillipson" > wrote in message
...
: "Dhananjay" > wrote in message
: > om...
:
: > >I am using Windows 98 SE since couple of years.After some time of
: > > use,often windows gets corrupted.Then PC needs frequent rebooting or
: > > else windows crashesh frequently or stops responding.
:
: "peter" > wrote in message
: ...
:
: > no, formatting is the fastest way of fixing problems! and i suggest u
use
: > it once a month even if u dont have problems because it makes the pc run
: > much faster
:
: No Windows expert recommends reformatting
: the driive (and reinstalling OS and all apps) every month.
: Find a web source trusted by many users e.g.
: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/how_to.html
: and then clean up your system. I think Mr.Badour
: says somewhere you need to reinstal less often
: than once a year.
:
: --
: Don Phillipson
: Carlsbad Springs
: (Ottawa, Canada)
:
: