As per instructions given I have done the following: I usually clear the Internet files once a month. Today I cleared the Temporary Internet files (about 5MB).I have cleared the Temp files and the Cookies. Later on performed thorough scan and defragmentation of the hard disk. But all these produced no cure to the hanging. Some one has told me that the BIOS and Registry needs correction and removal of un-necessary and infected files from it. I am not able to do a Ctrl+Alt+Delete so the programs running in the background are not being seen. You have advised the reboot/restart of Window 98. Each time the computer hangs up I restart it by clicking the restart bbutton as there is no other option left with me. Should I run a boot disk? Thanks for helping me. From: Raz Muhammad. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ~*~*~*~*~ Was this forwarded to you? Want to subscribe? Send an email to 1stpickpchelp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe. For a complete list of email commands for our list send an email to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of "info 1stpickpchelp" without the quotes. If you wish to unsubscribe from our list send an email to 1stpickpchelp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe To contact the list moderators send an email to 1stpickpchelp-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ~*~*~*~*~