Re: Symptoms of a bad CPU?


"snowblow me" <snowblowme@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> How can you tell if your cpu is going on the blink? I have a refurb.
> thinkpad T30, pentium 4m 1.8 I keep getting screen freeze up, I've
> done the disk clean up and have run all the virus/spyware scans plus ran
> pc doctor tests of the hd, cpu, memory etc.. it passed all the tests.
> It's also showing alerts down in the icon tray that security is turned
> off when it's not, and a couple other programs are off or not logged on
> when they Are. There is something going on but I'm not sure if it's the
> computer, or windows xp.. or less likely msn (my isp). This started
> recently btw, any ideas? Thank you,
>
> Y.D.
>

What security or antivirus software are you using? My sister had a similar
problem, and continually found that her security actually *had* been turned
off (even though she had turned it on). Sometimes, she would have
difficulty turning security on and would have to do it several times before
it would "take." In addition, she could not login to any web pages that
required her password. The culprit turned out to be Norton Security. Her
copy was 2 or 3 years old but had been upgrades. She got rid of Norton
Security but kept Norton AntiVirus (which many people dislike). Her problem
was solved. I don't know if yours will be this easy, but it's worth
considering.

MaryL


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