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HELP!!! PCV RX 301

indy — Tue, 20 Jan 2004 12:48:50 GMT

I have a persistant freezing / hanging problem

The machine is standard

running XP Home (Evil)

temperature of the cpu is around 55 oC

oh yeah and cds/dvds also make it hang ....(cant burn or read)

cant figure this one out....

can anyone shed some light on the matter

its really annoying!!

thanks

HELP!!! PCV RX 301

indy — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 13:54:24 GMT

bad RAM???

or

XP Home?

anyone?

HELP!!! PCV RX 301

tellingd — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 17:47:01 GMT

I agree, XP Home isn't the best . If the computer is hanging/ crashing constantly I would be tempted to do a complete re-installation from the recovery disks. Before doing that however maybe have a look in task manager and see what processes you have running. Also, check what programs you have starting at bootup (msconfig).

Maybe one of the more technically minded people would have some further suggestions? :smileygrin:

HELP!!! PCV RX 301

kee-lo_ — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 12:14:17 GMT

I agree, XP Home isn't the best   .

Dave,

XP Home is just like Pro without the bells and whisles on networking and encryption. Actually it's one of the best SOHO OS'es MS have ever made.

HELP!!! PCV RX 301

monkey — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 21:13:54 GMT

im not going to poop stir but i must agree linux is the best os that... wait we are talking about xp no? aw crap.... now the whole linux vs microsoft vs apple is going to blow up again... tee hee

The persistant hanging/freezing is a common side effect of a small virus and thats the only side effect it has I think. Try looking in the taskmanager for anything sounding dodgy and check in msconfig that no dodgy processes have been started.

HELP!!! PCV RX 301

indy — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 23:04:23 GMT

Thanks for the responses..

Checking the task manager was one of the first things that i did...also using MSCONFIG

still no joy

Im assuming that I might have to do a re-install...

not too happy about that though!

still searching for an easier option...

HELP!!! PCV RX 301

tellingd — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 12:37:14 GMT

I agree, XP Home isn't the best   .  


Dave,

XP Home is just like Pro without the bells and whisles on networking and encryption.  Actually it's one of the best SOHO OS'es MS have ever made.

Hmm, not so good on encryption eh? Well, I'm sure that we don't need it anyway . . . .

Also, why not just have Win XP? Surely once you (that's Bill Gates & Co) have developed XP Pro why water it down for XP Home?

HELP!!! PCV RX 301

robpaxton — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 12:44:43 GMT

As with all MS related questions - it always comes down to the hard cash.

HELP!!! PCV RX 301

kee-lo_ — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 14:16:09 GMT

Also, why not just have Win XP?  Surely once you (that's Bill Gates & Co) have developed XP Pro why water it down for XP Home?

Couldn't agree more Dave, but as Rob said, it's all run by cash.