win 98 hangs, system monitor shows 100% usage

[scottdfs]

my win 98 pc hangs, usually when logging onto the internet, sometimes when printing. i installed sys mon, it showed very hight kernel usage when opening the internet. i had 64 mb RAM, so installed another 64, now have 128 mb but sys mon still shows excessive kernel usage. so i turned off all start up programs using msconfig, still no help. i then completely reinstalled windows, including fdisk and format of hd. pc is running minimum applications, 400mhz pIII processor, 128 mb RAM, but still hangs and runs slow alot. do i have a hardware problem? any suggestions?

 

[TekTippy4U]

I'm thinking modem problem here and/or config thereof......that machine should not do that.....
What are you using for modem(dial-up)....cable/dsl?

 

[TekTippy4U]

My Kernal usage jumps and then subsides....when accessing the Inet too....but because you say it happens when your printing too...which is normal to rise and fall.....

I wanted to ask if Windows is managing your Swap file....or have you set it to manual...
What does your Memory Manager:Locked mem and Allocated mem say?..in Sys Mon......

 

[scottdfs]

techtippy,

we are on a LAN, don't use dialup. i havne't rechecked the sys mon settings yet. when i added the memory the amount of kernel usage while idle dropped from about 40% to 15-20%. but when it spikes, it hangs up for as long as 20 seconds.

 

[ksquacker]

Do you have any spyware, (like Hotbar, Precision Time, Date Manager, Webshots) installed? If so, remove them and run Ad Aware 6 - reboot and see if that helps.

 

[TekTippy4U]

So you access the internet through a LAN...?......
,,,and mayne it's a Networked(shared) printer..........Sounds like it could be A Bandwidth
problem.....