Sudden computer shutdown in Windows XP Pro

[Ernie M]

I went away for a few days and shut down my computer.
When I returned, I started it and left it on as usual.
The following day, it was on a shut off mode, and I
thought we may have had a power failure of some sort. I
re-started and the following day, found it had shut down.

Today while I was on the internet, it froze for a few
seconds, and then reactivated; froze again a few seconds,
and restarted; then I lost sound. Suddenly, there was a
blue screen to the effect that there was A KERNEL_INPUT_
ERROR and to prevent further damage the machine must be
shut down. The short message also advises to check new
software installation and trouble shoot or uninstall them.

I use a Gigabyte motherboard with a dual bios and a raid
system that links 2 hard drives. In the partition of the
drives (that are seen as 1 big drive) I have 1 partioned
at 37 gig and the other at 133 gig (160 total). I also
have a 2.5 mhz CPU and 1 gig RAM.

I uninstalled Kazaa and P2P networking and hopefully this
solves the problem but who knows? Any clue on this sudden
emergency shutdown?

 

[T.C.]

The first thing that I would do after uninstalling the suspect software
install, is use a System Restore Point from a date prior to whatever I
thought might have caused the problem. If that doesn't fix
the problem, it could be virus/worm, or defective hardware related. To
determine
that, try doing a Repair Install, which keeps data and programs, and repairs
Windows XP. Go to:

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm

When the page opens, scroll down and click on: How To Run A Repair
Install. There is a step by step walk through including images. Your
software, settings, data files, desktop, etc. are retained.

Windows XP Repair Installs have save me a few times...