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I am experiencing problems with my PC locking up at what
is deemed no particular reason. There are two computers
on the network. Mine is the wireless one. The other
computer is also running XP with SP2 and has no problems
as it is directly wired to the router. The only
conclusion I can draw is that when my husband goes to the
internet (no particular site, service or game) my
computer locks up/freezes and won't recover. I have to
reboot. Any suggestions? I am running XP w/ SP2, P4 1.6
Gig processor with 256 MB Ram. This only happens when we
are both on the web at the same time. Both running IE 6.0
with latest service updates. Oh, and don't forget the
lovely windows firewall. No other firewalls installed at
this time. Any help would be great! Thanks!
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.broadbandnet.hardware (More info?)
I seriously doubt it has anything to do with you both being online at the
same time. Your browsing might be delayed a bit if you're both very active,
depending on your ISP connection speed, but not something that would lock up
the system totally.
Even though you have XP SP2 installed and are using the Windows Firewall, I
would look toward having a parasite or some sort of hijacker in your
browser. Take a look at the information here: www.aumha.org/secure.htm where there are a lot of free tools to check your system. The even have a
quite active security forum if you have additional questions.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/ Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"Debbie" <debbiemontgomery1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I am experiencing problems with my PC locking up at what
> is deemed no particular reason. There are two computers
> on the network. Mine is the wireless one. The other
> computer is also running XP with SP2 and has no problems
> as it is directly wired to the router. The only
> conclusion I can draw is that when my husband goes to the
> internet (no particular site, service or game) my
> computer locks up/freezes and won't recover. I have to
> reboot. Any suggestions? I am running XP w/ SP2, P4 1.6
> Gig processor with 256 MB Ram. This only happens when we
> are both on the web at the same time. Both running IE 6.0
> with latest service updates. Oh, and don't forget the
> lovely windows firewall. No other firewalls installed at
> this time. Any help would be great! Thanks!
>
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