maintenance advice

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion (More info?)

Scott, here's a "house cleaning" and general "computer health" protocol - 10
steps and a few extra points:
http://aumha.org/a/health.htm

If you need to do other troubleshooting of Windows itself, here are generic
steps that usually prove fruitful:
http://aumha.org/a/tshoot.htm

I suspect this is all you'll need to get rolling - as a developer, you have
the kind of mind that can run with this sort of thing once you have a
pointer, I suspect - but if you have any more questions, don't hesitate to
post back. It usually helps to have the complete verbatim text of the error
messages, btw.

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Jim Eshelman, MS-MVP Windows http://aumha.org/
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The Parasite Fight: http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
Computer Health: http://aumha.org/a/health.htm
Troubleshooting: http://aumha.org/a/tshoot.htm

SB wrote:
> Someone asked me to troubleshoot some problems they are
> having with a couple of computers.
>
> OS is Win 95. The computers are used almost exclusively
> for various children's games. The problem is that they
> often lock up and display strange error messages about not
> being able to find files.
>
> I'm a developer and have little experience with this type
> of troubleshooting, much less with Win95. My first plan
> of action is simply to run RegClean, ScanDisk, and then
> defrag them.
>
> Are there any other tasks I should also perform?
>
> Any advice is GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!