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To: Scumbria who wrote (137421)	6/14/2001 12:59:51 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Scumbria, Since I download a lot and move files from computer to computer I get viruses from time to time. Sometimes I don't even know it for a while. Then the system starts locking up. Run a scan and there it is. Often cleaning it isn't enough, total reinstall with delection of all partitions and boot sector as a precaution is what I do. Funny thing is that when a I do that, all the problems dissappear. Then there are the Windows bloatware problems. For example, Windows media player can conflict with a number of other programs. EZ CD Creator for one. Having two burning programs can cause conflicts. Even unistalling one won't fix it. It's back to format/reinstall. Won't even mention certain Viruscan programs that cause page faults...or what websites want to stick on your computer...ever heard of Bonzibaby? If it's not much problem, a format/restore or reinstall may help.

To: Scumbria who wrote (137421)	6/14/2001 1:37:25 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Scumbria, I have a 1 GHz Pentium III system on an ASUS CUSL2 motherboard (the kind that got the AnandTech recommendation ... his recommendations have a lot of pull among enthusiasts, especially me) running Windows 2000. For a while, I've been having problems with the Suspend mode on my system. It enters Suspend mode fine, but after coming out of it, my system can't access the DVD-ROM or CD-RW drives. A BIOS update didn't help. I was beginning to think that the motherboard itself wasn't as functional as Anand's review led me to believe. I was going to find help on Usenet, but later on I downloaded the latest Win2K Service Pack (which itself was a monster, but I have DSL). After that, Suspend mode works perfectly, and I use it all the time. It's better than leaving the system on all the time and dealing with the noise (which isn't that bad anymore), and it sure beats turning off the computer only to wait as it reboots every time I want to use it. Moral of the story: More likely than not, system stability problems are a result of the software or OS. You mentioned that you have WinME on your system. I can't think of anyone who has called WinME "rock-solid stable." Tenchusatsu