John Williams wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestions.
>
> I'd like to shut down the TSR's but am afraid I might not get the computer
> to come up without them. Is this a valid concern? If not, I'll shut them
> all down and see if the problem goes away. Then, I can add them back. I
> have no idea what most of them do.
>
> TIA.
>
> John Williams
> "Zasha" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
>>John Williams wrote:
>>
>>>The Win98 Power Management newsgroup appears to be inactive. So, I'm
>>>posing this question here.
>>>
>>>I have power management set to "system standby never", "turn off monitor
>>>after 15 minutes", and "turn off hard disks never". But, my mouse and
>>>keyboard won't work after a considerable length of time (e.g. over nite).
>>>So, because the system won't respond locally, I have to power-off the
>>>system and restart it.
>>>
>>>When this happens, my laptop can access the system over my home network
>>>fine and I can see the disk activity on the Win98 system.
>>>
>>>TIA
>>>
>>>John Williams
>>
>>When this happens to me, I usually discover it is because of some
>>application, say Spybot's TeaTimer, has snarled RAM. So, suspect some TSR
>>application and do a process of elimination experiment using the startup
>>function in msconfig.
>>
>>Might also want to look in the device manager to see if any hardware
>>function has gone yellow or red alert.
>>
>>I suppose a video driver might have become corrupt, or a setting was
>>somehow changed in the C-MOS, or maybe a RAM chip is failing, but I
>>suspect an application conflict. If you do crack open the case, pull out
>>the memory modules, wipe the contacts down and replace them in opposite
>>slots. If your video card is really an actual card, pop it out and re-seat
>>it. Sometimes mechanical adjustments can fix unexplained anomalies (very
>>seldom, but sometimes)
>
>
>
The conservative methods are:
boot in safemode. If you lose I/O over the keyboard/mouse,
then suspect it is one of the applications that also starts
in safemode.
AND, regardless of how you boot into windows, isolate one at
a time. After you test, out the app back into the rotation.
Even if one of the apps is the video functions, you will
still come up in the default VGA.
I guess you will have to take out one app at a time,
overnight. This could take many nights!
As another approach, you could re-install (and update) the
video drivers. If you use special mouse drivers, reinstall
(and update) those. I also use proprietary keyboard
software, and if I was experiencing what you are, I'd redo
these drivers/apps also.
I doubt that you have a hardware problem, unless
keyboard/mouse is cordless. If so, replace batteries as the
first step. After that, substitute the wireless setup with
hardwire.
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