98SE updates for networking/internet?

Hi all,

I've recently had to update from 98 to 98SE for a new piece of guitar hardware that relies on the updated USB functionality.

Unfortunately, (like Calvin in another thread here) I have started to experience time-outs while surfing and attempting to download larger files with my cable modem. Even switching from one thread to another here has dropouts that I need to refresh the screen to clear.

I reinstalled the original driver for my ethernet card to no avail.

I've read that 98SE includes something called ICS (internet connection sharing) - could this have something to do with my problem?

For about a day I had IE6 installed, but reverted back to IE5.5 SP1 soon after.

I'm running 98SE on:

P3-450, 384MB RAM

Are there timeout settings that I can set on my system to avoid this problem?

Thanks in advance for any advice,

Cheers,

Bonzai Gopher

 

Try this reg edit. It usually works *smile* Microsoft Knowledge Base link

 

Though the link says Windows ME, I'm assuming it's for Win98 as well.