Keeps crashing

LouBlue

Hallo

I have Windows XP Home Edition. Last couple of days, I keep getting thrown out of what I am looking at, sometimes I can call it back up as I use FF and it asks me if I want to restore the session. But often, just closes down, and I have to restart as the internet doesn't work unless I restart.

Any ideas?

Sprintblue

Run a full virus check ... if don't have this you are in trouble ... you can get AVG http://free.avg.com/

tomsolomon

You broke it.................:eek:

LouBlue

Please don't say that, I lost everything a couple of months ago, couldn't get back onto the computer at all and I did a F11.....lost everything....:eek:

I have CCleaner and McAfee security system but it is now telling me it has run out and I need to subscribe, but its not cheap. I had better install that AVG thing, hope it works.

tomsolomon

Avg is good, you wrecker............:p

:rotfl: :rotfl:

LouBlue

tomsolomon wrote: »

Avg is good, you wrecker............:p

:rotfl: :rotfl:

Stop delighting in my misery. :rolleyes:

I completely crashed a couple of months ago and stupidly did a F11, lost everything, photos, important emails etc...no..didn't do a backup..:o...so I started again from scratch, don't understand why its playing up again so soon.

tomsolomon

If you have a blank disk or flash drive put all your important stuff on it......
Uninstall McAfee install AVG and do a full scan and CC.
Did you install anything or change anything just before it started playing up?

LandyAndy

The spirits of evicted housemates have invaded your machine.

LouBlue

tomsolomon wrote: »

If you have a blank disk or flash drive put all your important stuff on it......
Uninstall McAfee install AVG and do a full scan and CC.
Did you install anything or change anything just before it started playing up?

I have just uninstalled McAfee and installed AVG. I started to do a full scan but looks like it will take ages. I will do it when I log off tonight. Don't remember installing anything, though it does seem to tie in with a pop up of McAfee saying my subscription had expired....I hope this sorts it out.

Thanks.

esbo

Could it be possible you have some sort of hardware problem? Bad memory?
However I expect that would not just affect FF though.
I think AVG scans anything which is running so it will pick up any virus as soon as it
tries to run, so if that is correct you should be fairly safe as what is not running can do no harm. Anyway McAfee does not seem to have been much use to you if
you lost all your data with it running!!

Avoriaz

LouBlue wrote: »

.. Keeps crashing..

Have you checked the drivers?


If they are male, the problem lies elsewhere.


If they are female, then that probably explains all the crashing.