computer keeps crashing! memory problem?

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Misslmperfect

ok, i wouldnt consider myself computer illiterate, but lets just sa
theres a whole lot i dont know. i have a laptop running Windows XP, an
have had some serious problems lately. ive run antivirus software
scandisk, adaware, etc, and nothing is helping. the problem is, i
shuts down all the time. just turns off. out of nowhere, it just turn
itself off. when i reboot it doesnt scan for errors, it just boot
normally. i havent been able to figure out a pattern as to what cause
it, but the latest issue seems to be folding@home. its a clien
software program the chemistry department at stanford u. developed
link is here:http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/

when i run that program my computer shuts down. the only cause i ca
think of is a memory problem? my firewall asked for permission for WMI
which it has never done before. i believe that has something to do wit
memory? any ideas or advice are greatly appreciated! sorry for the lon
winded post :


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Misslmperfec
 
The obvious answer would be to dump the folding@home and see how it runs. It is admirable that you wish to contribute your computer time to the
project, but personally, I would never do it at the expense of my computer's stability
Jef

----- Misslmperfect wrote: ----


ok, i wouldnt consider myself computer illiterate, but lets just sa
theres a whole lot i dont know. i have a laptop running Windows XP, an
have had some serious problems lately. ive run antivirus software
scandisk, adaware, etc, and nothing is helping. the problem is, i
shuts down all the time. just turns off. out of nowhere, it just turn
itself off. when i reboot it doesnt scan for errors, it just boot
normally. i havent been able to figure out a pattern as to what cause
it, but the latest issue seems to be folding@home. its a clien
software program the chemistry department at stanford u. developed
link is here:http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding

when i run that program my computer shuts down. the only cause i ca
think of is a memory problem? my firewall asked for permission for WMI
which it has never done before. i believe that has something to do wit
memory? any ideas or advice are greatly appreciated! sorry for the lon
winded post :



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Misslmperfec
 
agreed, and i did. but, this isnt the only program that causes this
when i run Adaware, my computer shuts down about 3/4 of the wa
through. when i run a virus scan, even the one o
housecall.antivirus.com (i think its trendmicro), my computer shut
down. sometimes it just shuts down as windows is booting. i cant jus
remove every single program that causes the issue. i wouldnt hav
anything left lol! virus scans tell me my computer is clean. i dunn
what else i can do =/ any more ideas?

The obvious answer would be to dump the folding@home and see ho
it runs. It is admirable that you wish to contribute your compute
time to the
project, but personally, I would never do it at the expense of m
computer's stability.
Jef
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Misslmperfec
 
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