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Hi Kabith,

Hope you're still around - the site is back up now.

In order for you to load Memtest at startup (bootup) you may need to change the boot order in BIOS. Make the order to be either floppy drive or cd drive - depending on what you have put Memtest onto.

MemTest86 - from their page


Download - Pre-Compiled Bootable ISO (.zip)

OR

Download - Pre-Compiled package for Floppy (DOS - Win)

Read the instructions on the web site.

You could leave it running over night if you wanted, I would run it during the day though - to keep an eye on things. Plus I prefer to shut everything down at night.

I've used MemTest86 in the past, it's high on the list in a Google search.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=memory+tester&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

You could try the MS one (first in the list).

You will have to read instructions carefully to install on a CD or floppy, then boot with the disk in place. Let the test run for a few passes to be thorough.

You shouldn't be experiencing any slowness with that - maybe it's worth downloading a memory tester and checking out the memory is OK.

What's the spec on this computer?

Memory
Hard drive
Graphics card

I've sent him an email Kabith.

If the Plug and Play service is disabled/turned off this can happen.

To turn the Plug and Play service back on, do the following:

1. Click Start - Run, type services.msc and click OK.

2. Double-click Plug and Play. If you receive a configuration manager message then click OK.

3.Switch the Startup Type to Automatic, click OK, and then restart the computer. You should be able to see your devices now listed in the Device Manager.

Due to a technical hitch, this site was unavailable for two whole weeks.

Sorry about that, and hope you weren't inconvenienced too much.

You can download the drivers for the sound card:

http://www.softwarepatch.com/utilities/sis7018.html

Can you help me fix my computer?  Here's the BSOD



 

Hi Keith,

I can't help you on Incredimail, you seem to have done everything I would have suggested already. You could try uninstalling with Revo Uninstaller, might get a more thorough job - for a start it will identify anything left behind in the registry.

Then try a reinstall.

Where's Essexboy when you need him?
If it's due to Combofix, he needs to advise.

What files are missing?

Have you progressed any further with the problem with Office?

If it's only games that are giving you an error, are you trying to play games that need a screen resolution that your PC cannot support?

If you don't have the XP CD, do you have a restore disk from the manufacturer?