Guest moon Posted June 8, 2003 Report Share Posted June 8, 2003 Nellie, 'Winpulse', free on that link, has a decent cpu monitor that you can detach from the main consul and view what's happening while you're freezing. The memory monitor is useful too, and you can set up logs. I know that Norton Systemworks has these but you'll be eliminating Norton as a cause of problems on your current configurationYour problem might be heat related though. It's happened to me before. Try running your rig with the case off, preferably with a large household fan playing over it, and see is you still lock up. If not, we've been looking in the wrong direction. :)PS. I'm out of here before I give the false impression that I know a lot about computers. :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted June 8, 2003 Report Share Posted June 8, 2003 Sandra didn't throw up anything, a few tweaks that I could do to free up some rescources thats all. I downloaded that winpulse thing and it is fine except that it plonked itself right over my start button..and to move everything takes ages cos it is all in bits!! :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest moon Posted June 8, 2003 Report Share Posted June 8, 2003 ROFL ! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted June 8, 2003 Report Share Posted June 8, 2003 in my opinion nel has a major hardware problem or a faulty disc.Nel,Your new H/D - did you any of use the downloadable Maxtor utilities ?What about MaxBlast3 which they recommend for partitioning, and formatting any Maxtor ATA hard drive rather than the Windows standard utils ?http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads...s/maxblast3.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted June 8, 2003 Report Share Posted June 8, 2003 or PowerMax ?http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads...ds/powermax.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted June 8, 2003 Report Share Posted June 8, 2003 I meant the dodgy ebay xp pro disc boris. :D nel says she d/loaded the w/updates in safe mode no problem that help anyone :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted June 8, 2003 Report Share Posted June 8, 2003 I have mentioned the possibility of a faulty disk to the nice man from Microsoft....... they may send me another if I am really nice!!!!! Don't think it is the HDD......... I was having the same probs with the other HDD but thanks for the links Boris, they will come in handy anyway ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted June 8, 2003 Report Share Posted June 8, 2003 It just crashed again and I had the CPU thingy on my CPU usage at the time of the crash was 10% Nothing out of the ordinary there then. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted June 8, 2003 Report Share Posted June 8, 2003 have a look here nel http://www.computing.net/windowsxp/wwwboar...orum/49647.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted June 8, 2003 Report Share Posted June 8, 2003 and here plenty of reading :D http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=xp+pro+ke...le+Search&meta= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted June 8, 2003 Report Share Posted June 8, 2003 Gee thanks Ellas!!!! :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted June 8, 2003 Report Share Posted June 8, 2003 memory tester http://www.memtest86.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted June 8, 2003 Report Share Posted June 8, 2003 memory is ok................. took forever though!! It would have helped if I wasn't trying to put the program onto a write protected floppy I suppose!! :huh: Who said the floppy is dead???? :D :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted June 8, 2003 Report Share Posted June 8, 2003 :blink: What services do you have running also? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest moon Posted June 9, 2003 Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 Can you just recap, nellie ? You've got no surplus software running, plenty of resources, no overheating and you're still freezing up ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted June 9, 2003 Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 Moon............. that's about it!!powerless I have copied my running services into a document but I am not sure how it will upload as it is a word doc. Here goesNope, it doesn't like it....umm..... okService Executable Status StartupWZCSVC svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running Autowuauserv svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running AutoWmiApSrv wmiapsrv.e xe Stopped ManualWmi svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Stopped ManualWmdmPmSN svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Stopped Manualwinmgmt svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running AutoWebClient svchost.ex e -k LocalServi ce Running AutoW32Time svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running AutoVSS vssvc.exe Stopped ManualUPS ups.exe Stopped Manualupnphost svchost.ex e -k LocalServi ce Stopped Manualuploadmgr svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running AutoTrkWks svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running AutoTlntSvr tlntsvr.ex e Stopped DisabledThemes svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running AutoTermServic e svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running ManualTapiSrv svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running ManualSysmonLog smlogsvc.e xe Stopped ManualSwPrv dllhost.ex e /Processid :{47834559 -C427-4A82 -BF30-36F7 2DAF1191} Stopped Manualstisvc svchost.ex e -k imgsvc Stopped ManualSSDPSRV svchost.ex e -k LocalServi ce Running Manualsrservice svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running AutoSpooler spoolsv.ex e Running AutoSpeed Disk service nopdb.exe Running AutoShellHWDet ection svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running AutoSharedAcce ss svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Stopped ManualSENS svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running Autoseclogon svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running AutoSchedule svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running AutoSCardSvr SCardSvr.e xe Stopped ManualSCardDrv SCardSvr.e xe Stopped ManualSBService SBServ.exe Stopped AutoSamSs lsass.exe Running AutoRSVP rsvp.exe Stopped ManualRpcSs svchost -k rpcss Running AutoRpcLocator locator.ex e Stopped ManualRemoteRegi stry svchost.ex e -k LocalServi ce Running AutoRemoteAcce ss svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Stopped DisabledRDSessMgr sessmgr.ex e Stopped ManualRasMan svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Stopped ManualRasAuto svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Stopped ManualProtectedS torage lsass.exe Running AutoPolicyAgen t lsass.exe Running AutoPlugPlay services.e xe Running AutoNVSvc nvsvc32.ex e Stopped AutoNtmsSvc svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Stopped ManualNtLmSsp lsass.exe Stopped ManualNProtectSe rvice NPROTECT.E XE Running AutoNla svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running ManualNetman svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running ManualNetlogon lsass.exe Stopped ManualNetDDEdsdm netdde.exe Stopped ManualNetDDE netdde.exe Stopped Manualnavapsvc navapsvc.e xe Running AutoMSIServer msiexec.ex e /V Stopped ManualMSDTC msdtc.exe Stopped Manualmnmsrvc mnmsrvc.ex e Stopped ManualMessenger svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running AutoLmHosts svchost.ex e -k LocalServi ce Running Autolanmanwork station svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running Autolanmanserv er svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running AutoImapiServi ce imapi.exe Stopped ManualHidServ svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Stopped Disabledhelpsvc svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running AutoFastUserSw itchingCom patibility svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running ManualEventSyste m svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running ManualEventlog services.e xe Running AutoERSvc svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running AutoDnscache svchost.ex e -k NetworkSer vice Running Autodmserver svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running Autodmadmin dmadmin.ex e /com Stopped ManualDhcp svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running AutoCryptSvc svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running AutoCOMSysApp dllhost.ex e /Processid :{02D4B3F1 -FD88-11D1 -960D-0080 5FC79235} Stopped ManualClipSrv clipsrv.ex e Stopped ManualCiSvc cisvc.exe Stopped ManualBrowser svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running AutoBITS svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Stopped ManualAudioSrv svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Running AutoAppMgmt svchost.ex e -k netsvcs Stopped ManualALG alg.exe Stopped ManualAlerter svchost.ex e -k LocalServi ce Stopped Manual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted June 9, 2003 Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 Nellie try Blackviper for a rundown on what each of the services do and the best settings for themA quick tot up looks like 34 running on auto plus a few you have started manually.How many processes does taskmanager show ? Networked I have 22 showing currently, if that is any help ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted June 9, 2003 Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 Thanks for that Mark........... I shall have a good peruse!!! I have 26 processes running in task manager! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted June 9, 2003 Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 Not too bad then Nellie, I have seen over 35 on some comps, and a couple of members reported 40+ I think :blink: :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted June 9, 2003 Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 remember that master browser thing nel,well this article may help http://www.pureperformance.com/js/showtip.asp?id=111 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted June 9, 2003 Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 and http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/...rt4/tcpappi.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted June 9, 2003 Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 Browser Elections Browser elections occur to select a new master browser under the following circumstances: When a computer cannot locate a master browser. When a preferred master browser comes online. When a Windows domain-controller system starts. A computer initiates an election by sending a special datagram called an election datagram. When an election occurs, the browser service on the computer forcing the election logs an event in the system log, indicating that it forced the election. An event is logged for each protocol on which the browser service forces an election. All browsers can receive election datagrams. When a browser receives an election datagram, it examines the election criteria of that datagram. If the browser has better election criteria than the sender of the election datagram, the browser issues its own election datagram and enters what is called an election in progress state. If the browser does not have better election criteria than the sender of the election datagram, the browser attempts to determine which system is the new master browser. Figure I.2 Shows computers performing a browser election Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted June 9, 2003 Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 That is an interesting bit of reading.... I do hope that Craig has this board backed up as there is an awful lot of good information in these threads.I am always a bit wary of having a fiddle around in my registry but i may just give it a go just before i do another re-install..... which won't be long the way this machine keeps locking up on me.Thank you for that Ellas.... it has certainly given me something to chew on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted June 9, 2003 Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 might be worth a try nel you want xp to be one of thesesPotential BrowserA potential browser is a computer that is capable of maintaining a network resource browse list and can be elected as a master browser. The potential browser computer can act as a backup browser if instructed to do so by the master browser. Backup BrowserThe backup browser receives a copy of the network resource browse list from the master browser and distributes the list upon request to computers in the domain or workgroup. All Windows 2000 domain controllers are configured as either master or backup browsers. Computers running Windows 2000 Professional, Windows NT Workstation, Microsoft® Windows® for Workgroups, or Windows 95 can be backup browsers if there are fewer than three Windows 2000 or Windows NT Server computers performing backup browser functions for the domain. The list of servers is limited in size to 64 kilobyte (KB) on computers running a version of Windows NT earlier than version 4.0, Windows for Workgroups, and Windows 95. This limits the number of computers in a browse list for a single workgroup or domain to between 2,000 and 3,000. Note Verbose server comments can significantly reduce the numbers of computers allowable in a browse list since the list size is limited to 64 kilobytes (KB). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted June 9, 2003 Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 I thought this was the bit I should be concentrating onAnother entry in the registry, IsDomainMaster, helps determine which servers become master browsers and backup browsers. Setting the value of the IsDomainMaster entry to True makes the computer a preferred master browser. Any computer running Windows 2000 or Windows NT can be configured as a preferred master browser. I would need to use regedit to set it to no of false?? I think.... I will read that article another couple of times to make sure I have got my head around it before I do anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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