Re: Gremlins

From: Pop (nobody_at_spamcop.net)
Date: 11/19/04 

Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 17:51:34 -0500

Have you checked the System logs for any hints?

Start, Programs, Administrative Tools, Computer Management,
Performance Logs & Alerts

Look thru the logs for the time periods when it happens. Check
out the errors/warnings there.

Pop

"Tcs" <tsmith@eastpointcityNoSpamorg> wrote in message
news:nrjsp09t80q92u77ucm2uu83iu200iptdr@4ax.com...
| I'm running XP, sp1 on a Gateway P4, 2.6GHz, 1.25gb RAM.
|
| My problem is that all of a sudden the system can't communicate
via TCP/IP to
| our email server or anything else. At worst, it starts...not
responding. I may
| not be able to open something from the system tray. I may not
get a response
| when clicking the "Start" button, etc.
|
| I *think* it may be a particular MS Acccess mdb that I've been
working on the
| past several weeks. But I'm not sure.
|
| I've tried to periodically check available memory in Task
Manager, to see if a
| loss of available memory is what's happening. It always looks
pretty much the
| same, plenty available.
|
| I don't know what else to do. What to look at. Does anyone
have an idea? A
| clue? Is there some sort of procedure/program I can use to
help me find out
| what's going on? Or do I just need to keep a log of
*everything* I do, to see
| if I can narrow it down *that* way?
|
| Thanks in advance,
|
| Tom
|