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| HS93:
If you think it may be a virus download this and and run it , sometimes viruses once on a pc can hide and once in I have found the likes of norton then doesent spot them as I think because it is one of the most used programs viruses are writen to defeat them the same way windows gets batterd but unix gets left alone. F secure is a good program and will run along side your present program http://www.f-secure.com/en/web/home_global/protection/internet-security/trial |
| saw:
Hi John. First with 512MB you can run winxp, but it's allways better to have more memory. Next I have found that Microsoft security essential (it's free) is a very good antivirus softwhere. I have use it for a year now and I am very pleased. Just a week ago I run into the very same problems as you have (with my daughters computer). This is what I did: Restor the system to a time where I know that there was no problem. Run the antivirus program. Run a cleaner for the registry. Check Ms Config for anon softwhere in the start up process. Run diskcleaner and defrag. For me it went very good. :D |
| John Rudd:
Ok, I have very little in the way of apps on my pc at the moment, ran Spybot, not much change.. What I have noticed is the cpu usage is running at 100%( but not all the time) even just at system idle..ie. when not viewing web pages... I'll check on the msconfig utility and see whats running and loading up the machine... |
| saw:
Don't forget to check the device manager to see that you have no error. :headbang: |
| AdeV:
I have the same problem with mine: It's also an AMD Athlon (I forget which one exactly), 8gb ram, running Ubuntu + several virtual machines. About once a month or thereabouts, it just locks solid requiring a hard reset. The only thing I can think it might be is a thermal issue, but even that seems unlikely, the room the PC is in never gets spectacularly hot. |
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