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computer keeps crashing (please help)

Mar 8, 2004 3:37AM PST

every time i open a any program on my computer. after a while the toolbar freezes and i carn't open the start menu or anything. i've pressed Alt,Ctrl and Del and it says that explorer is not responding.
I've opened dr watson as well and all that says is:
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If the Taskbar is behaving strangely, try exiting Windows Explorer.

Module Name: EXPLORER.EXE
Description: Windows Explorer
Version: 5.50.4134.100
Product: Microsoft(R) Windows (R) 2000 Operating System
Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation

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If the Taskbar is behaving strangely, try exiting Multimedia background task support module.

Module Name: mmtask.tsk
Description: Multimedia background task support module
Version: 4.90.3000
Product: Microsoft Windows
Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation

but this two programs are not running according to Ctrl,Alt and del.

this is a really recent problem i think it started after i deleted MaCfee virus scanner, not sure.

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What's the AV now?
Mar 8, 2004 4:05AM PST

Free AVG from http://www.grisoft.com worked well on ME. The rest of the scans are ...

Parasite removal programs.


http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6132-0.html?forumID=32&threadID=1313&start=0 notes the five scanning tools and removal tools that are fairly safe. If one does encounter an issue, its always been damage done by the MALWARE. The most common issue being Layered Service Provider replacement which you can use LSPFIX (Hint: use http://www.google.com to find).

The thread has follow on discussions about new links if you don't want to use Google to find an item.


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Next a hardware issue can exist. Remove the case cover and see if it gets better.

Bob

PS. All the tools are free.

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Re:computer keeps crashing (please help)
Mar 8, 2004 9:44PM PST

Dear Big Dave

I had a lot of trouble with my computer crashing randomly and failing to shut down at the end of the session. I downloaded Winpatrol (freeware)and I also bought a programme called Memokit(which shifts memory to and fro) for