Cannot launch any programs

[Guest]

I am using Windows 2000 Professional and just recently my hard drive just
keeps churning away and will not allow opening of any programs. Eventually
the system just says that I am running low on virtual memory and will not do
anything.

Does this sound like a virus (no virus was found with Norton) when booting
from the disk or does it sound like the hard drive is dying?

 

[Do Kim \(MSFT\)]

It could definitely be a virus, is yoru norton virus files updated? It could
also be a program that is autostarting that is using up resources, try
running in safe mode, or do a diagnostic boot up with msconfig and see if
that helps.