Gateway G6-450 and Windows ME

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Our secondary computer is a Gateway G6-450, running Windows ME, PII
450Mhz processor, 384MB of RAM. It originally came preinstalled with
Windows 98FE. We wanted to use a 802.11b wireless USB adapter on this
computer, hence the reason for upgrading to ME.

Problem we're having is that Windows Millennium does a horrible job
managing system resources. A game we frequently play like PartyPoker really
chews up the system. Resources frequently go down to 1%, especially if we
have Outlook Express and/or Internet Explorer open too. But even closing
those programs doesn't always prevent the computer from crashing.

I have every unnecessary program turned off thru MSCONFIG. I run
frequent scan disks, disk defrags, virus checks, anti-spyware checks, delete
temp files. Are there any tips that might help Windows ME manage system
resources a little better? I'm not interested in upgrading the operating
system on this machine.

 

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If all else fails you could reinstall Win98 and upgrade it to Win98SE which
will handle the situation.

"History Fan" <IreALLYHatESPAm@IreALyHATeSPam.COm> wrote in message
news:v8_Dd.5390$7k5.4899@fe37.usenetserver.com...
> Our secondary computer is a Gateway G6-450, running Windows ME, PII
> 450Mhz processor, 384MB of RAM. It originally came preinstalled with
> Windows 98FE. We wanted to use a 802.11b wireless USB adapter on this
> computer, hence the reason for upgrading to ME.
>
> Problem we're having is that Windows Millennium does a horrible job
> managing system resources. A game we frequently play like PartyPoker
> really chews up the system. Resources frequently go down to 1%,
> especially if we have Outlook Express and/or Internet Explorer open too.
> But even closing those programs doesn't always prevent the computer from
> crashing.
>
> I have every unnecessary program turned off thru MSCONFIG. I run
> frequent scan disks, disk defrags, virus checks, anti-spyware checks,
> delete temp files. Are there any tips that might help Windows ME manage
> system resources a little better? I'm not interested in upgrading the
> operating system on this machine.
>
>
>
>

 

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Heck, if you're going to "upgrade" to 98SE from 98, you may as well go for
WinXP. I ran it on a PII-350, before I upgraded to a PIII-550 on my old
Gateway.

--
"Hurricane" Andrew
Milford, DE

"Tom Clydesdale" <t.clydesdale.nospam@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:ANqdnTJe17Of7H3cRVn-2Q@comcast.com...
> If all else fails you could reinstall Win98 and upgrade it to Win98SE
> which will handle the situation.
>
> "History Fan" <IreALLYHatESPAm@IreALyHATeSPam.COm> wrote in message
> news:v8_Dd.5390$7k5.4899@fe37.usenetserver.com...
>> Our secondary computer is a Gateway G6-450, running Windows ME, PII
>> 450Mhz processor, 384MB of RAM. It originally came preinstalled with
>> Windows 98FE. We wanted to use a 802.11b wireless USB adapter on this
>> computer, hence the reason for upgrading to ME.
>>
>> Problem we're having is that Windows Millennium does a horrible job
>> managing system resources. A game we frequently play like PartyPoker
>> really chews up the system. Resources frequently go down to 1%,
>> especially if we have Outlook Express and/or Internet Explorer open too.
>> But even closing those programs doesn't always prevent the computer from
>> crashing.
>>
>> I have every unnecessary program turned off thru MSCONFIG. I run
>> frequent scan disks, disk defrags, virus checks, anti-spyware checks,
>> delete temp files. Are there any tips that might help Windows ME manage
>> system resources a little better? I'm not interested in upgrading the
>> operating system on this machine.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>