RE: User accounts behave very differently

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Thanks for the tip, but I use McAfee anit-virus & firewall. But that wasn't
the problem either.

MS support actually gave me a good tip. They recommended going to msconfig
and startup, and un-checking everything except the MS products. So only
microsoft products automatically start. Then check each other item one by
one and restart each time and see which one causes the problem. It turns out
that this particular problem was caused by a program that was monitoring the
status of my dsl modem. I don't know why it was causing the problem, but the
program is apparently not needed because I turned it off and have been
running the computer a few days without any trouble, and both my wife and I
have been able to browse and download email without a problem.

I was also able to find out which programs kept springing up whenever I
logged on and disabled those, so now my start up is much cleaner.

Thanks for taking the time though. Even though that wasn't the problem, I
appreciate the help.

-Chad

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