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I don't know what to suggest really. There don't seem to be many complaints from other Users so the problem must be with your soft/ hardware. It could be a graphics card or driver or something that doesn't get on with SE. There are a few things which might make it go away:

Get rid of that virus checker when running SEIV. This is a pain, but try it a few times and see if it makes a difference. If it helps, consider switching to another V_vhecker. If not, keep running the old one.

Have a look at your startup directory to make sure there's nothing else running in the background that maybe you didn't know about / had forgotten.

You might also want to try updating some of your hardware drivers from the web. It could be a bug in that software which has been fixed.

Oh, the same applies to win98 - there are some patches on M*croS*ft's site which do wonders for certain Versions of Win98.

These are all fairly safe activities, but if you do mangle your ststem whilst attempting them - it wasn't me=-) Perhaps we should see what some other ppl on this forum think first. Any ideas?

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