New Problem, Probably My End?

Grandpa Frank

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21 May 2003

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• 27 Oct 2004

• #1

When I log onto chat(started today) and click to enlarge the font, my cursor dissapears and my PC locks up(have to use reset button to get out)? Happen to anyone else? Any guesses what's up with my system? Since I got it back from the repair shop, it's haunted by many an evil ghost!

Frank

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Glenn

一切皆苦

8 Jan 2004

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• 27 Oct 2004

• #2

I had a similar thing happen, but I don't remember which button I hit for it to happen. I'm guessing it's the same one that you hit.

 

Grandpa Frank

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• 27 Oct 2004

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I've Come To The Conclusion....

my only hope is to format my drive and start over. I can't make up my mind on going to WIN2000 or XP PRO. 2000 is the only windows OS I haven't tried, so I'm tempted to go to it. I'm used to XP HOME, so moving up to PRO would be easy; just not sure which way to jump?

Frank

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RockLee

Hullu

22 Apr 2004

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• 27 Oct 2004

• #4

unles you're going to put your pc's in a network, solely for the use of networking you should use win2000...I'd stick with XP professional...oh yeah, try and re-install JAVA, maybe helps the problem as it's the java application that seems to crash your pc

 

Twisted

That man in the corner

15 Mar 2002

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• 28 Oct 2004

• #5

I'm running W2000 and the only thing that keeps me from moving to XP is it's reliability. I can keep my computer running for months without having to reboot.

I'm using XP at work, but i don't have the feeling that it's got that same solidity to it. Maybe the PC at work is a bit lean on memory, which could make a world of difference, but for now i'm sticking to W2000.

 

Lina Inverse

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29 Apr 2004

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• 28 Oct 2004

• #6

WinXP works just fine for me, so i'd recommend you to use that. Also, if you're going to re-install, there's a way to "slipstream" SP2 into the installation files, so your freshly installed system will already have all patches up to SP2 installed! :haihai:

Here are several instructions you can look at which I found using AV:
Brian's PC (general info)
CD-Freaks (for making a bootable CD)
Neowin.net (illustrated guide)