earwicker33
Instructor
I have a Compaq Presario desktop with 256 RAM. Just upgraded to XP Home from Me.Works Suite 2002 was already loaded (not Office XP), and I didn't reinstall. Also just installed NIS 2002.
I recently started having problems; I reinstalled XP and the problems continued. They include:
1) on startup, something is hanging. I can't open files or applications for about 3-10 minutes, and the cursor reverts to the timer when I put it on the taskbar across the bottom of the screen.
2) If I press control-alt-delete, the computer freezes.
3) MSN 6 freezes often.
4) Word freezes often and at random times (while using and during startup, while idle and when spellchecking, for example).
5) After rebooting, the desktop display (font, colors, etc.) is often different.
Besides reinstalling the upgrade, I've also defragged and installed updated drivers. Disabling startup items makes no difference; however, disabling service items did seem to allow me to at least use the taskbar without waiting for it to stop hanging.
I'm also planning on either getting rid of messenger or losing MSN and just using MSIE6. Reasonable?
Mainly, though, I need to know if reintalling XP again (or Works Suite, for that matter) would make any difference (I reintalled the upgrade over top, without uninstalling first), or if I need a fix or patch or something relatively simple. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I recently started having problems; I reinstalled XP and the problems continued. They include:
1) on startup, something is hanging. I can't open files or applications for about 3-10 minutes, and the cursor reverts to the timer when I put it on the taskbar across the bottom of the screen.
2) If I press control-alt-delete, the computer freezes.
3) MSN 6 freezes often.
4) Word freezes often and at random times (while using and during startup, while idle and when spellchecking, for example).
5) After rebooting, the desktop display (font, colors, etc.) is often different.
Besides reinstalling the upgrade, I've also defragged and installed updated drivers. Disabling startup items makes no difference; however, disabling service items did seem to allow me to at least use the taskbar without waiting for it to stop hanging.
I'm also planning on either getting rid of messenger or losing MSN and just using MSIE6. Reasonable?
Mainly, though, I need to know if reintalling XP again (or Works Suite, for that matter) would make any difference (I reintalled the upgrade over top, without uninstalling first), or if I need a fix or patch or something relatively simple. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.