[aclug-L] Re: If you had a Win98se Question what forum/blog would you go to?

[ironrose <ironrose@xxxxxxx>]

How much ram is on this computer and what is the percentage of resources 
are free?  ~Anne

DAVID CARMICHAEL wrote:

>Done
>[X] "... Cleanup the temp directory (manually delete
>all *.tmp files)..."
>
>[X] "...and run defrag again in safe mode..."
>
>[X] "...Have you tried using the parallel port
>instead?..." 
>     [Not an option USB only printer]   
>
>[?] "...Sounds like the print buffer is too full or
>win98se is unable to handle the very large size of the
>print spool files that the brother printer is
>producing..." 
>     [Any way to adjust this in Win98se through a
>patch/hack? Send the spool to another drive?] 
>
>[!] "...Have you considered upgrading to win2k?..." 
>     [Do not want to purchase new "OS" yet. And the
>XP-Home-"UPGRADE" co$t$ would rather spend toward new
>system in the next two months] 
>
>[! The PCI->USB2.0 card can be used in other systems
>in the house so it was not a total waste of $15 to try
>it out.]
>
>
>--- ironrose <ironrose@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
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>
>>Sounds like the print buffer is too full or win98se
>>is unable to handle 
>>the very large size of the print spool files that
>>the brother printer is 
>>producing.  Cleanup the temp directory (manually
>>delete all *.tmp files) 
>>and run defrag again in safe mode.  Have you tried
>>using the parallel 
>>port instead?  Win98se doesn't handle usb well at
>>all and the usb is 
>>choking on the amount of data it is being fed. 
>>Win2k handles usb much 
>>better and is much more stable than win98se.  Have
>>you considered 
>>upgrading to win2k?  ~Anne
>>
>>DAVID CARMICHAEL wrote:
>>
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>>
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