Re: bad windows xp

Tech-Archive recommends: Repair Windows Errors & Optimize Windows Performance

From: Bob H (dontspam_at_nospam.org)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 20:47:26 -0400

Reinstall.

"goozira" <goozira@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4EB21D2E-4CBB-4F3A-8186-521F2400701C@microsoft.com...
> My computer with Windows XP will not act right. I have 2 user accounts,
> one
> for me and one for my brother. When I log on to my account, my start menu
> and my task bar does not work at all. When I move the mouse over the task
> bar, the hour glass shows up and I cannot click anything. The start menu
> will not respond from the keyboard. On my brother's account the start
> menu
> and task bar work for ten minutes and then it locks up. Everything is
> frozen. The only thing I can run are programs. When I am able to
> activate
> the start menu, only programs will run. It won't let me use the control
> panel. I recently bought a router to run a small home network. When I
> installed it, it worked fine for the first couple of days. Now, every
> thing
> recognizes the router except for my computer. Even the wireless usb
> network
> adapter recognizes the router but my programs won't let me access it. I
> don't think the router has anything to do with my Windows woes, but i
> can't
> fix my LAN until I can access the control panel. My problems really
> started
> 2 minutes after I downloaded a spyware scanner from ad-aware. It was
> recommended to me to control all the pop-up windows I recieve and to fix
> my
> slow computer. Also, periodically Windows XP crashes on my computer and
> changes the resolution settings to the lowest possible settings. I don't
> get
> the blue screen of death, but everything moves slow and my task bar
> disappears. Oh, when I log on to either account, a message pops up that
> says
> something about Java Virtual Machine. Is there anybody out there who can
> help me.

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