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I think you'd be wise to pull that 64MB stick permanently.
I still don't understand how replacing KERNEL32.DLL would accomplish anything
*unless* it has been replaced by some other app--like a malware app. Otherwise,
it escapes me how it would make any difference at all.
I think Brian might have your answer with regard to the Folder Options problem.
Otherwise, I can't give you any further hints, mostly because I don't have a 98
system handy to look around. I'm not even absolutely certain that the problem is
in the Registry, and not due to corrupt of mismatched system files.
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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
"mrbigbry" <mrbigbry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
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>> The specific problem you refer to is probably due to Registry corruption. The
>> Registry consists of two or more files that are dynamic in nature. You can't
>> simply replace them with standard copies like you can with files. You can,
>> however, restore backups that are made daily (unless you've disabled Scan
>> Registry at startup.) But this is only useful to fix problems that you know
>> occurred within the last five days or so. Registry corruption is usually due
>> to
>> bad RAM or hard drive.
>>
>> The rest of the things you report suggest to me that you have serious
>> problems,
>> whether hard drive or RAM or more centrally located on the MoBo. That much
>> corruption is not acceptable.
>>
>> I'm not sure what you mean by "swapping out" kernel32.dll, but if it really
>> improves behavior, and then that behavior slowly deteriorates, I suggest that
>> you may have malware involved. Likewise, reinstalling over the top is usually
>> not recommended, since you're overwriting updated files with older versions,
>> resulting in DLL Hell (unmatched system files.) If it actually improves
>> behavior, it would indicate serious problems in the hardware, or malware
>> invasion, that is being temporarily ameliorated. I suggest that you are going
>> from a really bad situation to only a bad situation by reinstalling over the
>> top.
>>
>> All in all, I think you have serious hardware problems. You should get the
>> appropriate hard drive testing utility for your brand of hard drive, and you
>> should test your RAM using something like DocMemory from www.simmtester.com
>> (Testing RAM also tends to test other central processing hardware.) If you
>> find
>> that all appear to be healthy, then you need to look at malware being
>> involved,
>> and or bad computing habits like installing lots of different stuff without
>> regard to quality. Two articles I suggest for your reading pleasure:
>>
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
>>
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm
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>> --
>> Gary S. Terhune
>> MS-MVP Shell/User
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>> "mrbigbry" <mrbigbry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:59288AED-DC9E-43F5-9B9F-36DB769844E6@microsoft.com...
>> > Besides .DLL and .DRV files that can become corrupted and effect your
>> > "windows operating system files" are there any other file associations that
>> > can effect things? For example every so often I will swap out my
>> > "kernel32"
>> > file and my system performance improves significantly. Or sometimes I will
>> > re-install WIN98 over the top of my current WIN98 (saving my setups), and
>> > alot of times that fixes error problems as well. My specific example this
>> > time is when I go to the "START", "SETTINGS" then "FOLDER OPTIONS" I only
>> > have two tabs that are usable "GENERAL" and "VIEW" The third tab has no
>> > description but when I go to hit it I get an error. Those are the little
>> > types of things like that I am trying to fix without starting all over. If
>> > anyone has any suggestions, it would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
>>
>> Thank you for the information. Actually I do back up my registry all of the
>> time, I just have this one problem with the "folder options" section, (it is
>> the only problem i have right now) actually my system is running the best it
>> has in a long time. You do bring up an interesting point about the RAM
>> memory however. Every once in a while 64mg of one of my 128mg strips does
>> not load, I will then get notified, and all of a sudden, I only have 192mg of
>> my 256mg. (have two 128strips). I then will reboot and the problem goes away.
>> It only happens once in a while. The simms tester website you provided must
>> be nonfunctional or something because the tester software just shows an error
>> when you try to download it, do you know any other SIMMS tester sites? Also
>> the "folder options" error I described to you I have had for EONS. I just
>> thought I would fix it if I could. I can go back in time in my registry to
>> the point where I might find it but I may never find where to correct it in
> the REGISTRY because it has been so long ago and there will be many numerous
> changes to check through. Would you know about where in the registry that the
> corruption could be at regarding the "folder options" area, or I am just
> better off leaving it alone since i never have needed to use it anyway?
> Thanks Oh yeah, FYI I swapped my Kernal32.dll file in DOS. I simply rename a
> new kernal32 file in 'windows" like( "Kernal32A.dll). Then in DOS I delete
> the old "kernal32.dll file and then rename my "kernal32A" to "Kernal32" and go
> back into windows.
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