ok...here are 2 things you absolutly NEED to do urgently!
1) GET WINDOWS XP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111!!ONE!!!
and
2)
www.mozilla.org download firefox.
if you don't feel like doing all that work, you could always re-install windows (it doesn't reformat your HD, it just uninstalls windows and intalls it)
i work with Win98 at work, and it pisses me off...esspecially the loading times.
i strongly recommend upgrading to WinXP