If my computer does something strange occasionally, I simply reboot
and forget about it.
However, if something strange is happening regularly, I don't think
it is wise to use a work around or to continue to just close down the
program or reboot.
If the solutions on the Legacy web site don't apply, it is sensible
to look further afield.
Either you have reached the capacity of your computer system and
asking it to do too much or something on your system is failing.
That may be due to some form of malware. Viruses are only one type
and many virus checkers do not check for other types of malware.
It may be that the computer memory is flaky.
It may be many things - some serious, some not. Some that threaten
your security and privacy, some that don't.
Either way, it's a warning and it's time to give your computer a full
health check. If you're still using Windows 98 then it's time to
backup everything, reformat and reinstall windows. For close to
trouble free computing, you needed to do that every 12 to 18 months.
XP is more stable but I still hear my computer technician husband
advocating it from time to time. However, more often he finds spyware
or trojans are the cause of the problems people are having.
Cathy
At 09:01 AM 18/04/2008, you wrote:
Cathy,
When I regularly suffered from this problem I did a thorough check
of my system many times and never found any viruses ( I have always
checked for these overnight, every night, anyhow). Nor was there any
significant malware on my PC either.
At the time I only had 256MB of RAM which led me to suspect that it
was a memory problem even though I seemed to have a reasonable
amount available. It also occurred to me that it may have been
insufficient Page File, if so there wasn't much I could do about it.
I stopped parking Legacy on the Task Bar and shut it down when not
in use and this certainly helped matters. I have a much bigger
system now and have no problems - but I still shut it down when not in use.
Ron Ferguson
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