Re: SLOW PC
From: Oli Restorick [MVP] (oli_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/20/04
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Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 01:34:52 +0100
Could be anything, to be honest. Not sure what you're paying your IT guy
for, though. With the PC in front of him, he should be able to narrow it
down. Doing a post-mortem remotely is much more difficult. If you can tell
us what the blue screen says(including which module failed and the four STOP
codes) that would help.
Anyway, you really really really should be running Service Pack 4. I really
hope you don't have that machine networked or connected to the Internet. If
you do, then it's no surprise if it's having problems.
Regards
Oli
"KLUNK" <db002a3121(nospam)@blueyonder.co.ukinvalid> wrote in message
news:shhdd.114293$BI5.35402@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> its our office pc running windows 2000..........
>
> no service packs on it.........
>
> it has upto date virus protection but it is done remotely.....
>
> absolutley nothing fancy.............20 gig hard drive etc...
>
> it hasnt even got the card games on it.....
>
> KLUNK'
>
>
> "Oli Restorick [MVP]" <oli@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:#g4mYFjtEHA.1292@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> No amount of icons on your desktop should cause a blue screen.
>>
>> If you post back with full details of the problem (including service
>> pack,
>> and hotfixes you've recently installed) and any other useful information
>> (like recently-installed software or drivers), somebody may be able to
> point
>> you in the right direction.
>>
>> My wild stab in the dark (having seen this issue) is the combination of
>> McAfee VirusScan 8.0i and Windows XP Service Pack 2 causing a stop error
> in
>> mup.sys.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Oli
>>
>>
>>
>> "KLUNK" <db002a3121(nospam)@blueyonder.co.ukinvalid> wrote in message
>> news:dGgdd.85864$ay5.43677@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> > We have a pc at work and this week for no aparent reason....it wouldnt
> go
>> > any further than the password prompt.....
>> > all we got a blue screen......
>> >
>> > Well, after a 2 day wait our contractor I.T. bloke turned
> up............he
>> > looked clueless to me........and eventually said "it's
>> > knackered"......I
>> > wasnt convinced tho.....
>> > he took hard drive out of pc.....put a new one in........the linked the
> 2
>> > hard drives together and copied the files across.........
>> >
>> > Then he told me............it's cos you have too many icons on your
>> > desktop.........eh.....is this I.T. bloke talking total twaddle or is
>> > it
>> > true that the more icons you have on a desktop ....then the more likely
>> > you
>> > are to have a system failure.
>> >
>> > I didnt want to show my ignorance by shouting "BOLLOX" at him....
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Is there a max number of icons you can have ?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > All info will be gratefully received...
>> >
>> > KLUNK
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
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