I will agree with MDBASCO, it may be the internet connections sharing, but you may also want to look at other things. Your winxpbox may be working as a router, which is about the same the internet connection sharing, I have seen this many times on Novell networks, but in this case if you are...
I have to think it is the Video card as well, maybe not so much the card itself, but at least the driver. Most common issue with lockups like this when you are in windows or Internet Explorer. If you can ahold of another card, try that, or better yet, just set your card to use generic vga driver...
I have to agree with SMAH. A system rebooting abnormally is usually a direct effect of overheating. You should be able to set an option in your BIOS to either allow for hotter temp or at least to not reboot but maybe send alerts to the pc console. I have noticed alot of mother boards with this...
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