?? WHAT IS WRONG - Lots of varied things don't work...... ??

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Guest

Have a PC. Well within requirements of many games - they don't work though! It worked origionally - then messed up. Manufacturers corrected the problem - but soon after it happened again:

KEEP ON REFORMATING - still keeps happening!

Strange symptoms: Some games do not work at all - non responsive icons. Some work when installed but as soon as other software is used or PC turned off i get the standard XP error report messages.
ODD - some games do work fine. Half-life for example.
Plus - i've found odd ways around it. In Age of Mythology for example by installing the manual patch before clicking the icon the game works fine!
Also - Older versions of Kazaa and Morpheus work fine but the latest ones don't. Word style apps, Music applications, some art packages and the internet works fine - but certain things like game map editors and high demand graphical programs just crash! Very odd.

This happens whenever I reformat.

BASIC PC INFO FOLLOWS:

AMD athlon 1.6
NVIDIA Geforce2 MX 200
40 gig HD
512 RAM

Other info:

In EVENT veiwer i get this messsage a lot:

AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to read from an illegal IO port address (0x4d1), which lies in the 0x4d0 - 0x4d1 protected address range. This could lead to system instability. Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance.


whilst in Applications Event viewer i get alot like this:

Faulting application everquest.exe, version 0.0.0.0, faulting module everquest.exe, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00040b9f.

and

Hanging application aomx.exe, version 4.2004.4.2300, hang module hungapp, version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000.

and

The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: 1.

ASSUMING A BIOS PROBLEM OR HARDWARE FAILURE - PLS HELP!!!!!!!!
 
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Hilary Karp

For one thing you there is probably a ton of spyware/adware and other
nasties on your system since you use the likes of Kazaa. Have you
checked for parasties.

Run these programs to check for spyware/malware. After installing
update them, then boot into safe mode and run them. You should run
update and run them weekly.

Cwshredder
http://209.133.47.200/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe

Ad-aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com

Spybot Search and Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org

Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner
http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10247783.html

After your system is clean use these programs to help keep it clean:

Spywareblaster
www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html


Spywareguard
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sgdownload.html

IE-SPYAD
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource.htm

For viruses:

Online and Downloadable Virus Scanning:

Bit Defender Online Virus Scan:
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/license.php

Symantec Online Virus and Security Scan:
http://security.symantec.com/ssc/home.asp

TrendMicro:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

McAfee Stinger, Downloadable Virus Scanner:
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=stinger

McAfee Online Virus Scan:
http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/mfs/default.asp

Panda ActiveScan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm

RAV AntiVirus - Scan Online
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/

Make sure you have a firewall active at all times. If nothing else use
the one built into XP, but there are a variety of free third party ones
that do a better job from Sygate, Zone Alarm or Kerio.

Sygate Personal Firewall
http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm

Zone Alarm
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp?lid=staticcomp_za

Kerio Personal Firewall
http://www.kerio.com/kpf_download.html

Check your system for vulnerabilities:

Websites which will check for vulnerabilities:

Browser Security Tests:
http://www.jasons-toolbox.com/BrowserSecurity/


Symantec Security Check
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym

http://bcheck.scanit.be/bcheck/
https://testzone.secunia.com/browser_checker/
www.pcpitstop.com

Lastly see these sites for info on keeping your system clean of parasites:

http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.spywareinfo.com
 

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