[robz71lm7]

My Hewlett @ss Packart (yes that language is necessary). Is acting up again. It's having the same problems it did last year. Last Summer it took HP 3 months to fix it (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) . I'm going to see if I can get them to replace it-they refused to do that last time. In the mean time my internet access might be limited. Of course it's not as if we need a huge team of moderators. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Needless to say-I'm building my next computer.

[bruecksteve]

I manage computer networks for a living and this is what I've seen lately...

Virus and spyware applications will cripple a computer. Sometimes the only solution is to wipe them out and start over. It's rarely the computer makers problem. I've used many different brands of computers over the years and over the last several years Gateway's and Dell's. The Dell's have always been more reliable. I had a 6% failure rate of Gateway's right out of the box.

But lately, spyware and viruses are the culprit. I would highly recommend wiping out Windows and re-installing.

I use both McAfee for virus protection and Spybot for my spyware protection and have no problems on any of my computers.