Current System Specifications:

256.0MB of RAM
Intel Celeron @ 433 MHz (dated, I know..)
8MB SVGA Video Care (ditto)
Windows 98SE

The problem(s) I am having is that my computer ceases to function for anywhere from 5 to 20 seconds at 'random' intervals. Sometimes it will lock up 6 times in an hour, sometimes only once. When I say lock up, I pretty much mean complete freeze (mouse won't move, AltCtrlDel is useless along with all other keys, and any music currently playing 'skips'). I don't think this is so much a problem with my RAM, but with some form of adware/spyware. However, running updated versions of AdAware and SpyBoy in SafeMode did not cprrect the problem. Also, an NAV'03 scan yielded nothing.

The second, less annoying problem I has to do with scrolling up and down on a webpage. Sometimes (usually after extended PC usage, but sometimes right from the initial boot) the music playing will become choppy and slow done because of my scrolling. I suspect this is from low resources, but it came on suddenly while I was using Internet Explorer 6 once some months ago. I later switched to Firefox and the problem stopped, but recently it came back and is now happening even in Firefox.

vanman, could you possibly revise your post and put it in 'neophyte' terminology? Or am I supposed to research the terminology myself?

I'll check Xen out and tell you how it goes. Thanks for the links nihil.

P.S. - Raccoon has to c's.

Edit - I am recieving a "The connection was refused when attempting to contact www.x9k.net" message when I click on your Xen link nihil. What is the deal?