Compaq Presario problems

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

I'm thinking your issue is registry problem. Find a registry cleaner and see
what happens.
Richard
"hu man" <hu man@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:RLydnVsGyoOEaEfdRVn-hA@comcast.com...
> I have a Compaq Presario 1600 XL 145. This laptop had a new hard drive and
> WinXP installed on it before I bought it and I installed a new stick of
ram.
> From the first day, I have been having issues with it shutting down,
usually
> when trying to go online or when trying to do a search of the hard drive
(I
> knew there were problems with it when I bought it). Within a week of
having
> it, I installed an antivirus, AdAware, Spybot, SpywareBlaster, and a
> firewall. I removed a few viruses and alot of scumware. This problem with
> shutting down happens practically all of the time. One other thing I
noticed
> is that the fan doesn't come on.
>
> What I am wondering is, could this be a virus that wasn't detected, could
it
> be a heating problem, or could it have something to with the new harddrive
> and winxp being installed?
>
> TIA
>
>

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

Could possibly be, although it is a fairly recent install and there isn't
much on it besides what I installed (I did run system file check on it).
Don't anyone else in this news group have any opinion? Can anyone suggest
another news group? Maybe a reinstall is in order.
"marlin" <marlinspike.nospam@verizon.net.nospam> wrote in message
news:W6DCc.26862$Yb1.5185@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...
> I'm thinking your issue is registry problem. Find a registry cleaner and
see
> what happens.
> Richard
> "hu man" <hu man@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:RLydnVsGyoOEaEfdRVn-hA@comcast.com...
> > I have a Compaq Presario 1600 XL 145. This laptop had a new hard drive
and
> > WinXP installed on it before I bought it and I installed a new stick of
> ram.
> > From the first day, I have been having issues with it shutting down,
> usually
> > when trying to go online or when trying to do a search of the hard drive
> (I
> > knew there were problems with it when I bought it). Within a week of
> having
> > it, I installed an antivirus, AdAware, Spybot, SpywareBlaster, and a
> > firewall. I removed a few viruses and alot of scumware. This problem
with
> > shutting down happens practically all of the time. One other thing I
> noticed
> > is that the fan doesn't come on.
> >
> > What I am wondering is, could this be a virus that wasn't detected,
could
> it
> > be a heating problem, or could it have something to with the new
harddrive
> > and winxp being installed?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> >
>
>