Re: Frustrating crashes

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From: Tony Talmage (fakeaddress_at_nodomain.com)
Date: 03/08/04 

Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 09:45:55 -0600

I will run a memory diagnostic (I have the MS app; is there a better
third-party app) and check the CPU temp when I next access the machine; will
post tomorrow with stats. 

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Tony Talmage
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Graphic Education Corporation
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"Malke" <malke@nospoonnotreally.com> wrote in message
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> Tony Talmage wrote:
>
> > I doubt there is much that can be done about this, but figured I would
> > ask anyhow... I have WinXP Pro, and whenever I'm on the machine,
> > explorer.exe crashes about every 10-15 minutes - anywhere between 4
> > and 8 times per hour. This is a relatively new installation (that is,
> > only about a month or so old), and even though I've installed apps
> > that could've destabilized the system, I noticed this behaviour
> > immediately after I installed Windows. I've done quite a few scans
> > with Spybot/AdAware/NAV and I don't find anything strange.
> >
> > Is it possible that something was corrupted/not installed properly
> > when I
> > ran the Windows installation routine?  I was thinking I should do a
> > Repair install, but I don't have a means to back up my data in case
> > things go awry
> > so I was saving this option for last.  My error log is not helpful at
> > all, as every instance of explorer crashing has an entry that says
> > something to the effect of "the shell stopped suddenly and
> > explorer.exe was restarted". I do not receive any error codes (other
> > than 0x00000000, I think... not on the machine at the moment).
> >
> > My drive is pretty fragmented atm, around 30%, so I was going to try a
> > defrag to see if it would help, but I wasn't very confident I would
> > see
> > positive results.  Any suggestions, or should I go ahead and do a
> > Repair?
> >
> Actually, it sounds like hardware. Test your RAM, check for overheating,
> etc. Post back if you need help on how to do this.
>
> Malke
> -- 
> MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"

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