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shaktiman
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1226 Posts |
 Posted - 05 Nov 2003 : 05:05:16
My win xp box keeps shutting down, it started a few hours ago, at first i ignored it because it already does this every so often.I seems to be allowing me 5 mins or so of time online, then it reports a rpc error & must shut down, no explanation, no start up diagnostic. Somthing which has happened is that a window opened up(computer is restariting will post rest later) shaktiman Quadra 840av, prettymuchmaxedout8xcd drive
os 8.1
128 meg ram, 500 meg hard drive
3 monitors 15" & 14" & 14" |
shaktiman
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1226 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2003 : 05:17:14
the window which opened up had msn netmeeting & i was put into a chat room, (one of those chat rooms where nobody speaks, contradiction in terms hey?) I managed to copy & paste the url & send a complaining email, but to the right people?If I get a virus killer which one is a good one? shaktiman Quadra 840av, prettymuchmaxedout8xcd drive
os 8.1
128 meg ram, 500 meg hard drive
3 monitors 15" & 14" & 14" |
maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2003 : 05:22:08
Go to www.grisoft.com and get yourself a copy of AVG. Its completely free, and it rocks. I use it on my Dell."**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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shaktiman
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1226 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2003 : 06:51:09
Thanks macloverI have downloaded Norman virus control, my system seems to have settled down already though. I shall check your link & bookmark it I think. ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((maclover5))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) Big Hugs! :0     shaktiman Quadra 840av, prettymuchmaxedout8xcd drive
os 8.1
128 meg ram, 500 meg hard drive
3 monitors 15" & 14" & 14" |
Unknown_K
Full Member
USA
602 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2003 : 09:13:57
I wonder how many computers you blasted from the virus you had.
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shaktiman
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1226 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2003 : 03:28:31
My xp box just stopped working, as far as the internet is concerned so I downloaded avg onto my840av, burned it to a cd & put it on the pc, where it killed "lastpage.b" & a "worm virus".My pc is now not working properly though. I can dial up & my pc claims it is connected, but none of my programs can use the internet. I have uninstalled & reinstalled everything that I can, ie:- my dialler, modem driver, IE. any advice? shaktiman Quadra 840av, prettymuchmaxedout8xcd drive
os 8.1
128 meg ram, 500 meg hard drive
3 monitors 15" & 14" & 14" |
wisof
Junior Member
USA
257 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2003 : 08:26:04
shaktiman,
having a similar problem on a machine in my network. It is winxp. I believe the former sys.admin reformatted the hard drive and just wrote over the previous win xp install. this machine has never really been "right." Scanning for viruses and everything comes up clean. Can go on the internet, but ANY search page (except metacrawler) errors out. As in, google, yahoo, etc, etc don't even appear. One types in google.com and a 404 comes up. Obviously google is not down, but this machine thinks it is. Any other regular site works (a.f.a.i.c.t.), but search pages do not work. I noticed that the main drive. . .what would normally be "c:" on a win system was named "e:." I reformatted the whole drives over again, got myself a "c:" and now everything is working fine. I know it sucks to reformat, but it is good for the soul every once in a while._____________________________________________
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The Lightning Stalker
Full Member
USA
747 Posts |
Posted - 16 Nov 2003 : 17:49:27
Yeah. It's a good idea to reinstall WinXP. I know it sucks, but sometimes it's the only answer. I'm about ready to reinstall w2k on my PC because it won't read the hosts file (for ad elimination purposes) and also I get BSOD every so often. I originally thought I was overdriving my PSU, which I probably was, but the 300 watt I've got in there now is doing the same thing, so it's probably about time to reinstall w2k. It didn't start until I switched cases. w2k HATES it when you swap things. I onced crashed a good install because I took out a hard drive without uninstalling the driver first.The Lightning Stalker Performa 631CD, 7.5.5
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Fedorenko
Junior Member
Australia
463 Posts |
Posted - 17 Nov 2003 : 19:03:35
Its an error from one of the recent Windows XP patches. You need to apply another patch to fix it. CMD.exe was left avaiable to anyome I recall.Good ideas usually are created by crazy people, go figure... |
Clinton
Full Member
USA
700 Posts |
Posted - 18 Nov 2003 : 10:13:16
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What is it? my winxp box keeps shutting down
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