If you haven't been keeping up with MS fixes,

Post #83,529

2/23/03 1:51:14 PM

make sure you do that. Also check on the availability of later device drivers, especially for the graphics card. And, regclean (from MS) may be of use to clean up the registry. I'm assuming Windows 95/98/ME here.

I'd try software fixes first before spending money on new SIMMs.

Alex

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Post #83,550

by orion

2/23/03 4:51:13 PM

Regclean was retired by Microsoft

I am not sure what they use now. But last I tried to get Regclean from Microsoft's web site, I was told that it had been retired.

[link|http://download.com.com/3000-2094-881470.html?tag=list|You can download Regclean here] if you really want it. Good thing that other web sites keep a mirror of Microsoft utilities.

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Post #83,552

by lincoln

2/23/03 5:18:33 PM

system info

I'm running Win 98 first edition, using IE 5.5 with SP1 installed on a PII box with 20 gig hard drive and two 128 Meg SIMMs. Both service packs for Office 97 are installed. I don't want to install the latest "application" IE 6.0 because when I "upgraded" to 5.5, it broke the functionality of some VB programs that I wrote years ago. They used to be able to run and access automatically some Access databases that I created; now, they keep throwing up these stupid ass message boxes that want me to select my DSN, ask for the password, etc. All the sort of crap I didn't used to have to put up with, but now I forced to.

I had more than enough trouble when I installed Office 97 years ago, but didn't let it install PowerPoint (since I never use it). Naturally, six months later a buddy sends vacation photos in a PowerPoint presentation, so I un-install Office, then re-install it with PowerPoint. Several hours later, it finally goes in successfully, but I've had problems with Office files ever since. This occurred long before I added the second 128 Meg SIMM. Still doesn't rule out that either SIMM has gone flaky though.

If it weren't such a pain in the ass, I'd just get a new hard drive and start over.

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Post #83,554

by orion

2/23/03 5:33:07 PM

Sounds like

the ADO record you are using got changed with the new IE install or something. Did you install the MDAC service pack as well?

Also consider switching to the UDL connection. Just create a text file, rename it data.udl or whatever and then set your ADO Connection to:

ADO_Connection = "File=" & App.Path & "\\data.udl"

You can set the passwords and user IDs in the UDL file, plus the User ID and Password can be changed this way without recompiling the program. You can even change the database location, type, etc in the UDL file. It may save you some headache later.

IE 6.0 fixes a lot of bugs that IE 5.X had, including fatal exception errors, and other crap it caused. Or maybe you should just go back to IE 4.0 because IIRC it was pretty stable.

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Post #83,651

by static

2/24/03 4:55:31 AM

IME, Office makes Win95/98 unstable.

My non-games PC, when it ran Windows, got re-installed from clean every 6-12 months because Office would eat it. My games PC meanwhile stayed 100% stable because I didn't install Office on it.

Wade.

Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed

Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please

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Post #84,410

by orion

2/26/03 6:12:22 PM

Depends on the Office version

and what version of IE it installs. I usually ran Office 2000 with SP2 very well with 98, very few crashes if any. Only major problem I've had is the networking issue of Microsoft Client Network shares.

Still time for a reformat. I got 98 and XP on the same drive, which I am told is a No-No.

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