gremlins in my computer????

[Guest]

i would like to know if anyone can help,my computer keeps freezing up on its
own accord and the only thing i can do is turn it off and then turn it back
on,i check event viewer but there is nothing there i have run a full scan
with norton no virus found and a full scan with adaware no malware or
anything,i am running xp home with ie 7 beta but this problem happened when i
had ie 6 also,i looked in my msinfo 32.exe and the only thing i can find is
under internet explorer there are two files missing;iecont.dll and
iecontlc.dll,is there any chance this could be causing the freezing,i do not
want to totally reformat and reinstall but if this keeps up i might not have
much choice,any help would be greatly appreciated,thank you.

 

[Maurice N ~ MVP]

Howdy,

Right Click the My Computer icon on desktop. Select Properties.
Next, select Advanced. Look for a block that says Startup and recovery.
Press the settings button.


In System failure section, turn off (un-check) Automatically restart.


Write an event to system log should be Checked (selected).
Apply changes / press OK.

It is very possible Windows got a fatal error, was set to reboot on error,
but cannot proceed. Hence you get a freeze.

"The Parasite Fight Quick Fix Protocol"
<http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm>


Very good article by Malke, MS-MVP
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Security


http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

 

[Maurice N ~ MVP]

N.B. Regarding IE7 Beta

FAQ for the IE7 Beta 2 Preview
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/01/31/521344.aspx

Release Notes for Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2
http://msdn.microsoft.com/ie/releasenotes/default.aspx

Beta testers of IE7 Public Preview are asked to post their comments to
microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general newsgroup.

On the web:


http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general