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Howler <icrozier@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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> I'm having a problem with win98SE locking up when
> trying to alt + tab from q95 back to the desktop.

You're actually having more problems than just that.

> I'm using a celeron 433 with 64mb RAM, 50 x CD-ROM, 17gig seagate
> HDD, ES1938 (Solo-1) soundcard, Riva TNT2 m64 AGP video card
> with 32 meg RAM, on a Jetway mainboard (Via Chipset)

> My mate and I both have the same system except his HDD is an
> 8.4 seagate, and I am the only one having any problems with this,
> I'm also getting frequent errors like windows explorer page faults
> and other things. This is despite SEVERAL clean installs of 98.

This bit is crucial. You've basically got some hardware problem that is
producing those frequent errors and you're going to have to resolve that.

> Anyone have any ideas what might be causing this?

Its always a hardware problem if you get that with a clean install of Win98.

Unfortunately for you it isnt that easy to work out where the hardware
problem is. The first thing to do is remove any overclocking if you are
doing that and see if the problem goes away when run within specs. If
they do go away, you're just overclocking too much. Even if that works fine
on the other PC, yours is just not capable of being overclocked as much.

If its not overclocked and you have ensured that the fans are reasonably
clean, rotating properly and not clogged with fur, you'll just have to try
swapping the hardware between the two PCs until you find which bit of
 the hardware has a problem. Not hard when most of it is identical.
Try with the stuff thats easy to swap first, like the video card etc.