Well, the first match I played I was demoted to Silver III unfortunately.
After that, I continued to spiral down losing every single match I played regardless of how I played. Now I've fought back, winning the last 6/7 matches in a row, with the only game lost being in my promo series, which I kind of threw by accident.
For those wondering, I am not using Windows 98... I've adjusted settings on my computer for better performance.