Windows 98 Operates Slowly or Stops Responding

• Microsoft Windows 98

SYMPTOMS

You may experience either of the following symptoms in Windows 98:

• Windows 98 operates slowly.



• Your computer randomly stops responding (hangs).

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if an Iomega Zip drive or SyQuest removable-media disk drive is attached to your computer's parallel port.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this behavior, follow the steps in the appropriate section below:

Iomega Zip Drive

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.



2. Double-click System, and then click the Device Manager tab.



3. Double-click the Iomega device for which you are installing an updated driver, click the Driver tab, and then click Update Driver.



4. Click Next.



5. Click "Display a list of all drivers in a specific location, so you can select the driver you want," and then click Next.



6. Click Have Disk, click the drive containing the Windows 98 CD-ROM in the Copy Manufacturer's Files From box, browse to the Drivers\Storage\ Iomega\Ppa3 folder, click OK, and then click OK again.

SyQuest Removable-Media Disk Drive

MORE INFORMATION

The third-party products discussed in this article are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

Additional query words: hangs freeze freezes frozen lock locks up

Keywords : kb3rdparty windrvr win98
Version : WINDOWS:98
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb