RE: [PCTECH] Constant windows pointer switching between arrow & hourglass

["Dan Bale" <dbale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx / John Brandt Sr.
> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 10:38 AM
>
> Dan,
> To make sure it is a program problem, modify your autoexec.bat file for
> one reboot. Add the following:
> CD \windows
> attrib -s -r -h *.swp
> del *.swp
> After you reboot, either comment them out with a REM statement before each
> line, or remove it entirely. Defrag your drive(s). If your paging file
> gets too large or too fragmented in Win98/98SE, it can cause your system
> to thrash itself trying to find the fragments of the swap file.

I don't think this is the problem since I created a small partition which
contains only the swap file.  But I'll give this a go anyway.  Any reason
why you couldn't just delete the swap file at every reboot?

db