Major Computer Problems

"@drian" wrote in message
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"santa" wrote in message
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YAh I can contribute. First off I'd strip the box down to the bare
minimum,
clear the cmos, check that there are no critical bios upgrades, set all
the
bios settings to default then load the OS then apply all the SPs to it
then
make sure I had the latest level of Explorer. If its still working then
I'd
put back one of the extra devices try loading Office 2003 (after making
sure
I've got all the patches in). At that point if everything is working
I'd
say I'd be out of the woods and then put all the rest of the boards in
make
sure the drivers are up to snuff and then start loading games.
BTW I've been running XP since it came out and I've never seen a BSD.
It
does crap out though and explorer goes for a Burton periodically, repair
or
reload usually clears that up.

Awesome. See what can be accomplished when one tries? Sound advice by
the
looks of it.

I've seen XP produce blue screens, etc. Usually with faulty or
incompatible
hardware though. In an even more rare occurrence, I've seen it crash due
to
badly written drivers. On the whole though, XP appears to me, to be more
stable than prior versions of Windows.

@drian.



I've used everything except NT and ME and XP is the best of the lot. It
does go bad occasionally though. Its possible its due to a virus or
something but I'm of the "try a couple of things, then reload" school.

Lots of luck with your problem. If you can I'd stay off the net with the
"sick" machine until its better.

claus