Re: xp crashes

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From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 04/30/04


Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 16:22:50 +0100

dick moore wrote:

>Began using XP home edition 2 years ago. No crash during
>the first year. Then crashing began once a month and
>became more frequent until a few weeks ago; now the
>crashes occur daily. Same software applications used
>throughout the 2 years.

You have nevertheless probably built up a collection of things running
without your realising , and fighting. And quite a lot of the utilities
that are recommended are not that good - and they fight too. Not to
mention parasites of all sorts. Read up at
http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm and use the tools it suggests -
particularly AdAware and Spybot as a start. You may be astonished to
find how much there is around

-- 
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K.  Alexn@mvps.DEL8.org (remove the DEL8 bit)


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