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Re: Aaaarrrrrgggggghhhhh! Windows 98...

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From: Matthew McDonald
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 00:00
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On Thu, 21 Jan 1999 20:06:30 GMT, angular_velocity@my-dejanews.com
wrote:

>
>
>> Then it all happened. Got fatal error type messages every few minutes,
>> computer wouldn't talk to printer, Netscape wouldn't retain my
>> subscribed newsgroups, tried a defrag and the whole thing collapsed in
>> the middle of it.
>
>I'm a day late and a dollar short on this, but here is my $.02 worth ...
>
>A very similar thing happened to me on my kid's computer.  I attempted to
>re-install Win95 because I became so frustrated with Win98, but it exhibited
>similar problems too.  I finally discovered that I had a heat problem inside
>of the case.  Win98 (95 too) makes the cd-rom and hard drive spin alot for a
>long time when being installed ... and more heat is generated than normal. 
>Once I opened the case and pointed a floor fan inside, then everything went
>smooth as silk.


hahahahahahaha... Funniest post I've seen in ages...


Regards
Matthew
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From: matthew@mobileworld.org (Matthew McDonald)
Subject: Re: Aaaarrrrrgggggghhhhh! Windows 98...
Date: 1999/01/25
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