Hard drive failures?? How many have you replaced?
"Prisoner at War" <prisoner_at_war@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Unfortunately, I've had a handful of occasions now where I've had to
> reinstall WinXP due to hard drive failure.
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> Each time, and *inevitably* so, WinXP will sooner or later decide to
> "give" me a screensaver even though I always specify that I want no
> screensaver.
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> I don't know how it happens, I don't know what triggers it, all I know
> is that eventually one day my screen is suddenly displaying the MS
> WinXP logo screensaver without my asking for it.
>
> What's going on, please??
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> I'm running WinXP SP2 on an old Pentium M laptop with 1GB of system
> RAM...moreover, I use my neighbors' unsecured WiFi for internet access
> but I have the OS' firewall turned on....