NOW computer freezes occasionally. . .

From: Feather Forestwalker (feather_at_NOSPAM.net)
Date: 11/06/04 

Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 20:26:54 GMT

. . . no matter *what* program is running.

Originally, this began happening only when running MS Office
applications. (Word, Excel, MSN Messenger, etc).

NOW it's occasional and doesn't matter what program is running, except
today, when attempting to run a virus scan after downloading the current
updates (Norton AV 2005), it froze in the middle of the scan. (Nothing
is responsive, not the mouse, not CTRL+ALT+DEL, nothing at all).

After each reboot, the scan got farther into the HDD, but it *did* have
*one* detection - which I have not yet repaired because of the freeze.

I am going to make some more attempts from a cold boot instead of a
restart and see what happens, and of course, check back here
periodically to see what is recommended.

I have Ad Aware and SpyBot Search and Destroy installed, as well as the
current updated Zone Labs.

Thanks in advance,

Feather

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