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OK thanks. I've checked the CD, and it contains a folder called 'boot', which contains only two files: one called boot.cat (2KB) and one called memtest.img (1440 KB). I'll check the BIOS settings later. I don't have a floppy drive, so I'll have to go the CD route. I'm not too bothered with this...

Oh dear, I've done that and left it in the drive during a reboot, but nothing happens. Am I missing something? I think memtest86 works differently from normal programs I've downloaded, which I've simply saved and then run. Am I right that memtest86 needs to have a single file (memtest86-3.2.iso)...

Thanks for all the help, Nelveticus. Problem seems to be solved. Franklin97355, I was also interested in trying a memory test, so I downloaded memtest86-3.2iso and burnt it to a CD, using Nero, and choosing CD, ISO. I then left it in the drive and rebooted, but nothing happened. I've probably...

Nice application. I ran it, and it shows quite a few apps running that I don't know about (although I am new to all this, so they may be quite normal). Under HKLM Run, there are 26 apps running. Most of them I recognize, but not: btbb_wcm_McciTrayApp LVCOMSX Motive Smartbridge NvCplDaemon...

Nelviticus: there are no alerts showing in device manager, thanks.

OK I disabled the services Bonjour and Computer Browser, as well as Automatic LiveUpdate Scheduler (I don't use Norton anymore). The problem persisted, so I visited MajorGeeks, and set many services to manual or disabled as recommended. That seems to have cured the problem, though it was always...

Thanks for the replies. I've started with Nelviticus' tip one. There are 3 services that show 'automatic', but are not shown as 'started'. They are Automatic LiveUpdate Scheduler, Bonjour Service, and Computer Browser. The first and third show start error 3: system cannot find the path...

I have an intermittent startup problem. Sometimes the system tray doesn't fill up during startup, and the PC runs sluggishly, or doesn't open Internet Explorer, and other programs. If I try 'start, shut down' it hangs, and I have to cold reboot it. This usually solves the problem, but sometimes...

I couldn't get it to work. The Chaintech dedicated multimedia card slots into its own little dedicated slot down at the bottom of the motherboard, and so doesn't get detected like a normal PCI card. I removed the card and driver, re-installed the hardware and driver, but nothing worked. I have...

I have a 2004 Chaintech 9CJS Zenith motherboard, which has a separate multimedia card with 7.1 sound at 96KHz etc. It has a P4 3.0 GHz processor and 512MB of DDR400 RAM. I recently had a separate problem with hanging shutdown, cured now by uninstalling Norton Internet Security 2006, but at the...

Thanks everyone. I took the battery out and it worked. I just set up the BIOS for quick POST, disabled the floppy drive (I don't have one) and disabled 'boot up floppy seek'. My PC is a lot faster now. I also got rid of Norton Internet Security 2006 and installed AVG free. Norton's ccapp.exe is...

Thanks for the replies. Just a quick question from someone who's never ventured into the BIOS: after I've taken the battery out or used 'kill CMOS', will the PC still boot up etc? In other words, will there be factory settings left, which will operate normally. Is it just a matter of then...

Sorry, yes I basically did everything above, so I don't know exactly which one sorted it out. I guess it would be the wait to kill app settings to 1 sec, plus in Norton, unticking the box that says scan floppy on shutdown, as per the semantec.com/techsupport instruction above. I still think...

I have a Holly PC. I want to check/tweak my BIOS settings, but it's password protected. I tried to contact Holly, but they've vanished (probably ceased trading). Question: does anyone know what password they would have used (any ex-emplyees out there?). Alterantively, is there any way to get...

Thanks for all the help guys. It's working nicely now.

On my home PC (Windows XP Home) I've recently had a shutdown problem. After choosing 'start', 'shutdown', I get a message 'ending program' (ccApp), which I click 'end now', then sometimes I get another 'ending program' (sysfader), which I click 'end now'. Then the PC hangs for up to 5 minutes...

Linney: thanks for that! I'm going to try those suggestions, and will let you know. Jon.

I run XP Home and have recently experienced incomplete bootups, where the system tray doesn't fill up completely and notthing opens when double-clicked on the desktop. A reboot always cures it. Any advice? At the same time I noticed that when shutting down, the PC takes ages, then gives me a...

I can't find such a box on radioshack. Tried search strings. Could you tell me where to look? Thanks.

Thanks guys. I'll have a look.