HEEYYYULLPP!!!

[rozk]

Can anyone think of a reason why Windows XP should repeatedly and suddenly shut itself down at random? It has been doing it to me all evening, sometimes almost as soon as I boot up, and sometimes after I have been online for a while, looking at my e-mail and Friends Lists. It does it particularly if I run Spybot Search and Destroy and does it just as Spybot is about to fix problems. It did this even when I ran Spybot while Windows was in Safe Mode.

I need to stress that this is a full Windows shutdown with saved settings, not just my machine closing down.

I tried updating Windows, but that didn't help.

Comments

[spacecrab.livejournal.com]

The quick fix for that kind of Windows trouble is to try using the time machine (System Restore), if it still works, and reset the system to a time in the past when everything was working. As far as antispyware software, I've had good luck with Webroot Spysweeper (http://www.webroot.com). It costs $30 for a single user copy, but is worth the price. If you can boot up in safe mode and install it, it will probably clean out any malware on the system. I would avoid Norton Antivirus and try one of the good freeware antivirus packages such as Antivir (www.free-av.com).

[rozk.livejournal.com]

The trouble is that Norton is part of my Broadband package and won't let me run my preferred anti-virus packages.