shadow_warez Thanks for the booting up in safe mode idea.
completely forgot about that trick, since we were only visiting.
I will e-mail him and tell him how to boot up in safe mode.

Big Booger Thanks for the added tips. I loaded the OS about
three months ago, and had to re-format after he got something
messed up trying to get his cable connection to work. He is
satisfied with the performance, but I am of the nature if I
can go 100 mph, I want to get to 110 mph. Know what I
mean ?
As far as I know the HD is a 40 gig, and only 5400 Rpm.
Newer driver updates and patches were probably never installed to my knowledge. I also noticed that he had that usual 98 shutdown problem. For now, I think that if he can do a good defrag, it should help. The next time he comes home (about 300 miles), I will go over the computer again, install that DDR memory, and go visit those sites you provided links to.
Thanks again to you, and shadow !!!! Mike