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Softballslug

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I also have a similar problem with XP Pro. I was not having this problem with 2k...

After some random amount of time the computer just basically quits working and starts throwing out of resource errors, invalid file types, etc...

My system has 512Mb of ram and I have left it up and running with task manager up front. when I would get the out of resource error, task manager would show my memory usage
at 89Mb of memory being used...

Its about to die an ugly death by Fdisk unless someone can suggest something...
 

Kaervak

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Well, ZoneAlarm was causing it. Got the update for it and everything's working as it should be. Gotta love stupid little problems.
 

dougtran

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Soft.. sounds like ram problem.

To troubleshoot, disable/quit/kill your applications and run it clean. That will identify hw vs sw.
 

Softballslug

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Doug,

Thats what I thought, so I swapped my single 512Mb Dimm (PNY) with 2 256MB Dimms (Kingston) and I have the same problem....

I just rebuilt the computer again within the last week. I loaded Office XP, Roxio GoBack, MailWasher and the AT&T Dialer....
Of these, I have Office XP and Roxio running perfectly on a laptop so I'm not looking at those as causing the problem.

However, MailWasher and the dialer and going to come under some real scrutiny this weekend. I'm going to dump MailWasher first
and see what happens....
 

sak

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yeah when i have a copy for zone alarme..i think it did that thing...and was totally perplexed as to what could be causing that..i like reinstalled XP twice b4 i figued out it was stupid zone alarm pro..that was the culprit