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News came to me over at techguy.org where I hang out these days -- by way of Ghouldini.

I haven't been posting here -- but I certainly remember Big John fondly and like others am very saddened by...

There is an MS article for the problem here:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316506

Unfortunately their advice for repairing a corrupt registry can be used only by the...

As noted, "system idle process" is the unused cpu time, so that should be high or highest.

I think that figure for NAV during an active scan should be expected. Process Explorer may jump around...

Not sure what Mach's smokin these days, but the error concerning 'unreliable xms memory' is a definite pointer to a problem with the ram.
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You repartitioned, formatted and clean installed and are getting GPF's ?

It certainly puts the onus on hardware if that is the case. Are there any peripherals still connected such as a NIC?

If...

You should check and 'fix' this search page hijack with the HijackThis ScanLog. It's not related to your cpu issue, but is good housekeeping:

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet...

sorry bout that. A WinME bootdisk makes that unnecessary anyway, I just include it in case one is not available. (They can be downloaded from the Web if necessary):
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Try booting with a WinME startup floppy. Accept "minimal boot"

When the a:> prompt is reached enter:

scanreg /restore

use the arrow keys to select a prior started registry from one of the...

TJolly, thanks for your reply. Not all off topic forums are like that. It just takes active and fair minded moderation to establish and enforce the proper atmosphere. With the current software that...

Haven't been around for a while and I'm saddened to see how far the board usage has declined.

This board can be saved, but it will take some aggressive and bold administration steps.

The number...

It appears to be the latest version of a parasite. In addition to doing what Tony instructed here, you should also install, update and run Spybot.
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It's not normal. I'd suggest you install and run the program Spybot to eliminate common advertising and spywares which can contribute to the problem.

http://tomcoyote.org/SPYBOT/

If necessary,...

Opera's great and I use it in preference to IE.

But your rpc stub error with preview.dlg is a recent problem going around caused by one of the Windows updates which changes the dispex.dll file in...

Go to Start>Run and enter regedit

Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches\Compress old files

With the Compress old files key...

If you're lucky a quick fix for this may be to restore a registry prior to the problem. Press and hold the cntrl key as soon as you see the first boot screen. You should get the startup menu with the...

Many similar problems have been caused by spy and adware installations. Try Spybot. Update it before running. Be sure to reboot afterwards and run it a second time if prompted.
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Can you download, unzip and run the StartupList application from this site:

http://www.lurkhere.com/~nicefiles/

Copy/paste the results here if you can. If not, try this: click start>run and...

See if this applies....

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;313290

Open a command prompt with all programs closed. Enter each bold line:

rd /s recycler (enter 'y' to confirm)
exit


.... then reboot and try saving a file.

For what it's worth for anyone else who gets a "spaces" infection...

Spaces is one of the worst infections you can get and will corrupt all downloads and installs.

There is one freely available...

I've butted my head against this one, followed all their suggestions and a few others with no luck. It's no big deal since I usually run IE with Opera as supplementary browser for special purposes,...

Check for updated drivers for your ATI vid card, particularly if you have installed Service Pack1

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;329293

WinME's defrag will work in 9x and it is much faster. However it will not solve the problem of restarting. This is due to a program running in the background.

First try doing a ctrl-alt-del and...

Your error messages indicate a problem with failing ram.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q192397

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q109845

You...

Did you receive an error message when you ran it, or just a lack of confirmation?

Try it this way too:

regsvr32 /i urlmon.dll

And have you tried installing, updating and running either...