Jim
July 15th 04, 08:57 PM
>-----Original Message-----
>Within the past month or so, I've had a rash of problems
with Windows XP
>Home and now I'm having some of the same problems with
Windows XP
>Professional. I apologize if this has been covered
elsewhere, but I've
>searched high and low and can't find a solution.
>
>It all began with Norton's. My wife called me one day
and said Norton's
>gave an error message and said it needed to be
reinstalled. I got home,
>checked it out, and figured I'd just do a fresh install
of the OS and all
>software on the home machine. Within a few days, I was
getting the same
>thing. I can't remember the error, but uninstalling and
reinstalling
>didn't help. So, I got rid of Norton's and that took
care of that.
>
>A week ago, I reinstalled my OS only this time I used
Windows XP
>Professional. I have ZoneAlarm Pro 4.0.123.012 as my
firewall and eTrust
>EZ Antivirus 6.1.7.0 as my antivirus software. The
problem I'm getting is
>that programs just lockup at random times. It happens
to every program
>that I've noticed. So far, these are: Civilization 3,
Dialog (my
>newsreader), Internet Explorer, Outlook, Microsoft
Access, Halo and Flight
>Simulation 2004. Those are just the programs I use on a
regular basis.
>Also, often times when shutting down I would have to
manually end
>msmsgs.exe (so I just removed Messenger completely,
problem solved there)
>and ccApp which is part of the Norton's mess but I have
since removed it as
>well.
>
>I don't get an error message, just the program locking
up and (Not
>Responding) showing in the titlebar. I have AdAware and
SpyBot Search &
>Destroy and run both regularly to clean out any problems
there. I run a
>system check for any virus-related problems which I
might have picked up
>about once per week, so no problem there either.
>
>Any help at all would be appreciated. I am usually able
to fix problems
>after some searching on Google and the 'net and some
good old fashioned
>tinkering around, but this one has me stumped.
>
>Dave
>--
>We are the US military. Your asses will be kicked.
Resistance is futile.
>
>US Army Signal Corps!
>www.geocities.com/davidcasey98
>
>Remove IH8SPAM to reply by email!
>.
>Lockups can be from not enough cooling and RAM, (256MB
minimum), and/ or a hard drive which is too full, with
not sufficient free space remaining, (effects the swap
file, or paging file).
>Within the past month or so, I've had a rash of problems
with Windows XP
>Home and now I'm having some of the same problems with
Windows XP
>Professional. I apologize if this has been covered
elsewhere, but I've
>searched high and low and can't find a solution.
>
>It all began with Norton's. My wife called me one day
and said Norton's
>gave an error message and said it needed to be
reinstalled. I got home,
>checked it out, and figured I'd just do a fresh install
of the OS and all
>software on the home machine. Within a few days, I was
getting the same
>thing. I can't remember the error, but uninstalling and
reinstalling
>didn't help. So, I got rid of Norton's and that took
care of that.
>
>A week ago, I reinstalled my OS only this time I used
Windows XP
>Professional. I have ZoneAlarm Pro 4.0.123.012 as my
firewall and eTrust
>EZ Antivirus 6.1.7.0 as my antivirus software. The
problem I'm getting is
>that programs just lockup at random times. It happens
to every program
>that I've noticed. So far, these are: Civilization 3,
Dialog (my
>newsreader), Internet Explorer, Outlook, Microsoft
Access, Halo and Flight
>Simulation 2004. Those are just the programs I use on a
regular basis.
>Also, often times when shutting down I would have to
manually end
>msmsgs.exe (so I just removed Messenger completely,
problem solved there)
>and ccApp which is part of the Norton's mess but I have
since removed it as
>well.
>
>I don't get an error message, just the program locking
up and (Not
>Responding) showing in the titlebar. I have AdAware and
SpyBot Search &
>Destroy and run both regularly to clean out any problems
there. I run a
>system check for any virus-related problems which I
might have picked up
>about once per week, so no problem there either.
>
>Any help at all would be appreciated. I am usually able
to fix problems
>after some searching on Google and the 'net and some
good old fashioned
>tinkering around, but this one has me stumped.
>
>Dave
>--
>We are the US military. Your asses will be kicked.
Resistance is futile.
>
>US Army Signal Corps!
>www.geocities.com/davidcasey98
>
>Remove IH8SPAM to reply by email!
>.
>Lockups can be from not enough cooling and RAM, (256MB
minimum), and/ or a hard drive which is too full, with
not sufficient free space remaining, (effects the swap
file, or paging file).