Well well well, a nice ending is always good to hear. BTW, my "new computer" satire was really directed at Mr. Get-Rid-of-Windows-98, not you...

:idea: Gee... why not go buy a whole new computer that comes with XP installed? All ya need is a nod from uncle Visa.

Good ...

Is there a modem card and/or a network card installed in the system? I've seen this happen before when I was setting up a Hitachi Mx laptop (which had bios-configurable COM1, COM2,...

Okay, so you've got a virgin installation of Windows 98. Good... that narrows things down further... The reason why I asked about partitioning is to make sure that you hard drive wasn't broken down...

Suze,

128MB is plenty for 98SE, and if there's more than 100MB worth of free space, then it ain't slowing due to a lack of hard drive space. Doesn't sould like you missed too much in terms of...

How much memory and how much disk space is in the system? C'mon, guys... 98SE is not that buggy :rolleyes:

The Gateway P3C is an old one - so I'm speaking from memory since I have not come into contact with one of these in years. As I remembered it, this system does not have a built-in modem, so when you...