I'm reloading win 98 on a PIII, 64mb - at least, I'm trying to! It was working fine, then I started having usb issues. Just having signed up for adsl (which will do me no good if the computer doesn't work!), I decided to spend a relaxing day reformatting and reloading. I am presently reformatting for the 4th time today, hoping it will help. I get more error messages that I could possibly list here, especially rundll32 illegal operation/ shutting down, explorer illegal operation/shutting down, (the former during the "loading settings" part of loading windows, the latter as problems multiply). Tried a clean boot, no help. Am I dealing with a hardware issue or a software issue? I ran norton - no viruses. Any idears? I would like to use this adsl before my first bill comes in.