Cobain
April 28th 03, 03:39 PM
go to symantec.com and scan your system for trojans or
viruses if that scan comes back clean then go to start
then run and type msconfig and see what kind of background
programs are running in your startup area, what propmted
this change all of the sudden think back to tohe first
time that you remember this happening and try and figure
out what caused it i.e. installed a program or new
hardware etc.
>-----Original Message-----
>Am running XP Home SP1 Build 2600 on Athlon 1.? GHz
>processor. The sytem is just over a year old and up
until
>recently have had no real problems, just minor
>annoyances. But now the sytem reboots at odd intervals,
>sometimes when in the middle of a program and sometimes
>when sitting idle. Think there is a varmit running in
the
>background triggering the problem but don't know how to
>find and kill it. (Am okay on anti-virus). Oh for the
>DOS days when you could get at the sytem and see what is
>going on. Oh well - thanks in advance for any words of
>advice.
>.
>
viruses if that scan comes back clean then go to start
then run and type msconfig and see what kind of background
programs are running in your startup area, what propmted
this change all of the sudden think back to tohe first
time that you remember this happening and try and figure
out what caused it i.e. installed a program or new
hardware etc.
>-----Original Message-----
>Am running XP Home SP1 Build 2600 on Athlon 1.? GHz
>processor. The sytem is just over a year old and up
until
>recently have had no real problems, just minor
>annoyances. But now the sytem reboots at odd intervals,
>sometimes when in the middle of a program and sometimes
>when sitting idle. Think there is a varmit running in
the
>background triggering the problem but don't know how to
>find and kill it. (Am okay on anti-virus). Oh for the
>DOS days when you could get at the sytem and see what is
>going on. Oh well - thanks in advance for any words of
>advice.
>.
>