Yes, I have heard something about this.  There was even an article about it in
Maximum PC a few months ago.  The only problem is it had nothing to do with
Windows.  The article addressed the issue of geeks loading all sorts of
software on their computers (downloads from the Internet, software "acquired"
at the office or from friends, etc. . .) to the point where their once snappy
Windows PC (doesn't matter if 95 or 98,) was slower than molasses in January in
Alaska.

The Article went on to describe how to create a new environment and once it was
set up just as you liked it, how to make a copy of the environment to a CD and
use that every few months to "refresh" your system.

Now, you must understand a few things.  Maximum PC is for the hard core geeks.
 These are people who get the very latest in hardware and install anything they
get their hands on.

If you have people in your office doing such things to their work computer,
they need to be "informed" of company policies.  I have for years said given
proper hardware and drivers and proper application software, Windows 95 and 98
will be very stable and will perform very well for you.

If you insist on installing all sorts of software regardless of origin and
marginal or "lowest bid" hardware, you can make any system unstable, including
the HP 3000.

I have said time and again that if you were to treat your PC the same way you
treat your HP 3000, it would be very stable.  We live by that rule here and we
have very stable PCs in the office and on the road.

Choose your applications wisely.

Tell your boss (s)he should concentrate of making sure company policies are
followed WRT computers.  If there are no published policies regarding
computers, then you have found the problem.

Kind regards,

Denys. . .

Denys Beauchemin
HICOMP
(800) 323-8863  (281) 288-7438         Fax: (281) 355-6879
denys at hicomp.com                             www.hicomp.com


-----Original Message-----
From:   Gary Sielaff [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Wednesday, August 09, 2000 1:05 PM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        OT: WIN98

My boss just informed me we weren't to buy any more copies
of WIN98 any edition.  Something in the operating system that
will continue to slow your PC down over a 6 month period of
time and that you have to fdisk, format and reload to speed things
up again.  Any one hear this?
Bogging down in Moses Lake
GAry