One of the great windows 98 time-savers for busy road warriors is the ability to hot-swap PC Cards while your system is running. But to prevent systems from hanging, make sure you follow the proper procedure before removing it. Click the PC Card icon in Windows 98's system tray to choose the Socket Status dialogue box. If the icon isn't in the system tray, click the PC Card icon in Control Panel. Then select the card from the displayed list and click Stop. Wait until a message informs you that it's safe to proceed.