Weird

Hello. My comp has been occasionally getting busy--extremely so-- at times.
The reason of this is unknown, and in extreme cases the screen goes black and
no response whasoever can be invoked from it. Would anyone know what how to
go about diagnosing this problem? Perhaps it is caused by a deficiency in
ram?, since the issue usually occurs when Im playing games.

Comp specs: Intel 2.8ghz, 512 RAM winXP SP2.

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Hello. My comp has been occasionally getting busy--extremely so-- at
times. The reason of this is unknown, and in extreme cases the screen
goes black and no response whasoever can be invoked from it. Would
anyone know what how to go about diagnosing this problem? Perhaps it
is caused by a deficiency in ram?, since the issue usually occurs
when Im playing games.

Comp specs: Intel 2.8ghz, 512 RAM winXP SP2.

In order:


Process Explorer v9.25:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilitie...sExplorer.html

Pesky Startup Apps:
http://kgiii.info/windows/all/general/startupapps.html

Malware Cleaners and Repair:
http://kgiii.info/windows/all/general/malwarefix.html

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes

Thank you very much. But there is one more thing: how does one know which
startup is pesky and which is not?

"Galen" wrote:

In ,
SirWhale had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

Hello. My comp has been occasionally getting busy--extremely so-- at
times. The reason of this is unknown, and in extreme cases the screen
goes black and no response whasoever can be invoked from it. Would
anyone know what how to go about diagnosing this problem? Perhaps it
is caused by a deficiency in ram?, since the issue usually occurs
when Im playing games.

Comp specs: Intel 2.8ghz, 512 RAM winXP SP2.

In order:


Process Explorer v9.25:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilitie...sExplorer.html

Pesky Startup Apps:
http://kgiii.info/windows/all/general/startupapps.html

Malware Cleaners and Repair:
http://kgiii.info/windows/all/general/malwarefix.html

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes

In ,
SirWhale had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

Thank you very much. But there is one more thing: how does one know
which startup is pesky and which is not?

http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q...rams&FORM=QBHP

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes