98se. Tried:
reFresh
reCycle
reBoot
hardBoot
coldBoot
boot-to-dos
boot-in-the-ass. i disable all that lingering stardock junk, so it's not that.... And i thot i'd already read thru all the posts--guess maybe i missed the one's i was lookin' for.

Anyway, it works sometimes (right now, actually), but seems to go off every so often, for days at a time, without calling home. Comes back smelling like smoke and strange men. Stares out the window a lot. Gonna give it a little swat in the chops, someday real soon.

Yeah, so ... i'll go read thru the posts again, see what's what. (Also double-check my startup manager, while i'm at it.)

Thanks for the help....

b.