Diverd4777 wrote:
In article , Tom Randy
writes:


Subject: ( OT) XP Service Pack Crashes ( revised)
From: Tom Randy
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 22:27:29 GMT

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 15:31:30 +0000, Diverd4777 wrote:


All:

PRIOR to installing the new XP Service pack
Go to Internet explorer
go to tools
go to Internet options
Delete cookies
delete files
click OK

Sweep your machine for Spyware ( spysweeper)

THEN install


That last line, you forgot a word....Linux.



Right , Linux ( Sigh...)

- Looks like spyware & something else totally freeze the system if you have
multiple browser pages up & flip between them, loading them as you go..
And this is only on an intermittant basis..
Their " crash sendback" doesn't work on this either..

Spent 2 hours with Microsoft, ( yes, people in the U.S. ) testing every
configuration ;
Sometimes it would freeze, requiring a full power cycle.

Sometimes 2-3 times in 15 minurtes, sometimes hours between freeze-ups.

deleted cookies, files,
ran Norton,
Ran Spysweeper, Spykiller2004, Spybot search & Destroy

Downloaded a newer copy of Mozilla..
treating it gentle..
- Let see...

Dan

Try using Mozilla Firefox. The extensions alone are a good reason to
switch. All that pesky security stuff comes second...

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