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for a short while now this pc decides to reboot all by itself, no warning, it just reboots.
or sometimes when the screen saver is on it will just freeze (screen saver i am using is my picture show)
or on the rare occasion i switch it off when i turn it on, it insists on running chkdsk.
i can choose to abort running chkdsk, but if i do that it will boot and then says run chkdsk so i cant win.
I have norton system works (only run it from cd) and that does find and fix a few missing bits, mainly shortcuts.
Ihave run clean sweep or what ever its called (it comes with windows) but all that seems to do is remove internet history
i have defragged it
I havent installed /downloaded any progs, dont play games on it
system restore will not make any changes, no matter what restore point i pick
I think it has a bunch of junk some where that has acumilated over time. you know a little bit fronm here a bit from there (but i could be wrong)
i also have (as advised on here) ad aware, but again that does not sem to do that much apart from delete a few bits
I have win xp pro, not got sp2 as i have heard it causes more grief than its worth
its nothing spectacular just a pc for websurfing, email and websites.
when i first got xp pro, and BB i used to leave this pc on for almost a month at a time, never a problem,
i have added no new progs for months, last one was ad aware
any suggestions as to why it wants to reboot then run chkdsk, all though i suppose chkdsk runs because of an error?
or is there anything i can download to give it a pc enema?
also its just happened again, none of my desktop icons will work as in, click and nothing happens, they dont change colour, or open up the prog they are a short cut to
or sometimes when the screen saver is on it will just freeze (screen saver i am using is my picture show)
or on the rare occasion i switch it off when i turn it on, it insists on running chkdsk.
i can choose to abort running chkdsk, but if i do that it will boot and then says run chkdsk so i cant win.
I have norton system works (only run it from cd) and that does find and fix a few missing bits, mainly shortcuts.
Ihave run clean sweep or what ever its called (it comes with windows) but all that seems to do is remove internet history
i have defragged it
I havent installed /downloaded any progs, dont play games on it
system restore will not make any changes, no matter what restore point i pick
I think it has a bunch of junk some where that has acumilated over time. you know a little bit fronm here a bit from there (but i could be wrong)
i also have (as advised on here) ad aware, but again that does not sem to do that much apart from delete a few bits
I have win xp pro, not got sp2 as i have heard it causes more grief than its worth
its nothing spectacular just a pc for websurfing, email and websites.
when i first got xp pro, and BB i used to leave this pc on for almost a month at a time, never a problem,
i have added no new progs for months, last one was ad aware
any suggestions as to why it wants to reboot then run chkdsk, all though i suppose chkdsk runs because of an error?
or is there anything i can download to give it a pc enema?
also its just happened again, none of my desktop icons will work as in, click and nothing happens, they dont change colour, or open up the prog they are a short cut to