with a Apraphul/1.4.7 server. 

Since a few days, my PC is slowing down some 10-15 min. after booting, opening folders takes longer and longer until it becomes practically unusable.
After rebooting it�s ok again but only for said 10-15 min.

Strange thing is, surfing net/playing games is normal as always, just opening (any) folders won�t work right.

I did scans with AVG/Spybot S&D, even reinstalled OS and defragmented.
Any help would be appreciated.

windows 98SE
nVidia geforce 4200
Athlon 1.4 GHZ
Soundblaster live 

... you should try to clean your register base with regseeker... It helps sometimes... It can also come from your mother board and the CPU's peripherals (i.e RAM, etc...) that could have a problem (clock speed, etc...) It is really tricky to solve in this case... 

How much space do you have left on the HDD that has the OS installed? Could be that you don't have enough space for it to do its swapfile/virtual memory stuff 

Is the disk activity intense when everything seems to slow down?

If yes, either the OS is swapping a lot (too little RAM) or something's doing intense disk I/O. If no, then something must be hogging the CPU.

Try disabling as many processes as possible to find the offending one. 

there's some heating problem? Dunno?
Did you install some special software in the new fresh OS too? 

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/4190/ph0015ba8.jpg 

 

Metlslime you just broke my brain. :( 

I have used the same configuration for years, and suddenly it starts lagging like a bitch; have narrowed it down to either hdd or mobo; I�ll look into it. 

win98? 

it's still the same win98 that win98 always was.

Now, if it's the same INSTALL from 1998 ... 

it's no fake I hope?
where's the map? 

it's fake -- here's the discussion on the Cube forum, where I found it:

http://www.cubeengine.com/forum.php4?action=display_thread&thread_id=1336 

if that isnt photoshoped, u get like a high 10!!!! LoL

I am asking in all seriousness here, and I want you to think about the question.

Why do people type like this? 

lun u so sillayz l4wl!!!11111 1 uno uno uno 

Ooooh, you're little trick-question asker, aren't you?

The correct answer is: so they can be properly understood, as exemplified by the question itself ;)

Do I get the prize? Do I? 

I want to know why people type like idiots. 

because they are idiots. 

quakenet seems to be have gone on a netsplit spree recently? 

:P 

Congrats to than for providing the best Singleplayer Release of 2006!
And thanks a lot for it. :)

http://www.quaddicted.com 

Well that isn't so bad. Judging by some of the reviews I gotten for my first episode, I thought it might have been last, or second to last. Third place is good, but I'm aiming for first next time! 

But you rock too, Orl =D 

Why do people type like this?

Because they're stupid and they suck.

Better answer:
Because their overall lack of grammar, spelling and general thinking skills doesn't stand out as much within a communicative dialect where the signal to noise ratio is so very, very skewed. This is comforting, and helps them to avoid acknowledging their own ignorance on a regular basis.