desktop quits working after setting idle for a few minutes

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From: Big Daddy (BigDaddy_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/05/05 

Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 01:11:07 -0800

After I leave my computer setting idle for even a few minutes, I have to
press ctrl+alt+del and them x out of the task manager for any of the buttons
or programs to work.
 I have run complete virus scans, spybot search and destroy, ad aware
personal se, all windows updates, SP2. I even went so far as to reload my XP
Pro to see if this problem would go away. If this is not a virus, what is it? 

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