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Frequent GDI Failures
Win 98 2nd.
PIII 550 w/256.
I normally have about 8 programs running at once. some are graphics intensive.
1-2 times/day i get a 'GDI Failure' message. this is sometimes accompanied by a program crash. if i close some programs, i can go for a while longer. usually i have to close and reboot.
1. would more memory help?
2. will windows xp help?
thank you
PIII 550 w/256.
I normally have about 8 programs running at once. some are graphics intensive.
1-2 times/day i get a 'GDI Failure' message. this is sometimes accompanied by a program crash. if i close some programs, i can go for a while longer. usually i have to close and reboot.
1. would more memory help?
2. will windows xp help?
thank you
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CrazyOne
The reason XP would probably help is because it virtually eliminates the System resource issue. As does Win NT and Win 2000. All three of these OS's are built on the NT kernel which is much different than the Win9x kernel. Plus the added bonus is that the NT OS's handle mermory far better then the Win9x OS's. :>)
Hi,
Open your PC case and check the CPU fan is correctly plugged and if it works correctly.
Longbow
Hi, CrazyOne, how're you doing? I see you are also a fan of the old WinMag site. Did you know that you can get to a lot of the old content by just changing a bit of the url at the start, like this is the new web address for your quote:
http://content.techweb.com/winmag/columns/explorer/2000/11.htm
http://content.techweb.com/winmag/columns/explorer/2000/11.htm
He Lee
Cool!!
Cool!!
Take a look at
Computer Speed and Performance May Decrease
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q259/1/61.ASP
also
http://www.wintrouble.net/discus/messages/58/2637.html
Regards, Bud
http://www.wintrouble.net
Computer Speed and Performance May Decrease
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q259/1/61.ASP
also
http://www.wintrouble.net/discus/messages/58/2637.html
Regards, Bud
http://www.wintrouble.net
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some excellent explanations as to why i (and many other windows users) have this problem. still, the only viable solution seems to upgrade to xp when available. microsoft should make this available as a free update to solve a cronic problem.