Hi all

thsnks for the advice.

RAM is 2GB.

Trouble is, I can't even get the task manager up or system restore or
anything like that to start. When I click on the start button, the pane
appears, but as soon I click on anything the whole system just stops, other
then mouse will still move, but nothing will react, it just freezes
completely.

Thanks
Gb



"Gerry" wrote:

> How much RAM?
>
> Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
> Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?
>
> You should be able to gather more information from Task Manager. With
> the Processes tab open select View, Select, Columns and check the boxes
> before Peak Memory Usage and Virtual Memory size. What are the figures
> for the 6 processes using the largest amounts?
>
> Open Disk Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and
> click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents
> Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as it
> is more informative.
>
> Check the System log of Event Viewer for Error Reports.
>
> Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in the
> System log in Event Viewer for the last boot. No Information Reports or
> Duplicates please. Indicate which also appear in a previous boot.
>
> You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
> Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer.
>
> A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
> click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
> button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event
> Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
> the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
> Event Viewer.
>
> --
>
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
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>
> Gb wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > My XP Pro is locking up. Computer boots up fine and desktop loads ok.
> > However after about a minute, whole screen locks and no windows or
> > programs will open, mouse stills moves, clock stops. I have
> > reinstalled XP and repaired, but no joy. Everything was fine until
> > last week. I think it might be a virus, but I can't even get the
> > anti-virus program to run. Can anyone help?
>
>
>