In article <0d6901c3d9ff$22343300$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Joel"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Office network. 3 new XP machines. 2 98 machines, one
>is the "server". 1 98 machine freezes constantly, mostly
>during the last week, (but we've had XP for the other 3
>machines for almost a month now).
>
>Issue: XP machines are working fine. No problems. 1 98
>machine freezes, mostly this week. On 98 machine, lots
>of programs open in background, however not eating up
>performance. Computer has no illegal ops so prob not RAM
>issue. Lots of space on disk. I assume many people are
>grabbing things off this machine as it is considered
>the "server". are there issues with NT machines
>interacting with FAT32 on a network? Does one slow
>another down? What sorts of things would anyone
>suggest? I have not found anything on the microsoft
>network on this particular problem.
>
>Thanks,
>Joel
NT vs. FAT32 has nothing to do with the freezing problem. I'd
download and install the latest network card drivers for the 98
machine. Other possible causes for freezing are non-functioning
ventilation fans and defective RAM.
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