Quote from Forum Archives on May 25, 2000, 4:48 pm

Posted by: hobar <hobar@...>

Anton, I'm not the expert, but it sounds to me like a resource problem.
Either you have so many temporary files that all your space is used up, or
the system THINKS you are out of space for some reason. Next time you
reboot, before you open any programs, do a file search on *.tmp and delete
all that you find. Then run defrag and see if that helps. It usually helps
me. If that doesn't help. There are many folks on this list far more able
to help you than I am. HTH

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-----Original Message-----
From: Anton Hein <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, May 25, 2000 3:25 PM
Subject: [CCMag] Bizarre problem

>Folks,
>
>I've run into a bizarre computer problem. I have Pentium III 550, 128RAM,
>oodles of diskspace, etc.
>
>The system has been stable until this afternoon when it suddenly bombed
while I
>was emailing: black screen, and off.
>
>Currently, it takes about 30-40 reboots before Windows loads to the point
that I
>can use this email program. Booting takes a long time, though. When the
icons
>appear, they are all default, and slowly, one by one, change to individual
>icons. Even when it appears everything is fully loaded, it takes another 2
or 3
>minutes before I can move the cursor.
>
>I have an up-to-date virus scanner, and use ZoneAlarm. Neither has
reported any
>problems.
>
>I have not recently installed any new programs or windows updates.
>
>Reinstalling backups of the registry, ini files, etcetera makes no
difference.
>
>Scandisk doesn't find anything wrong, whether run in dos, safe or windows
mode.
>
>Upon rebooting, if and when it reaches the "desktop screen," the system
often
>hangs after all the icons are loaded.
>
>Rebooting results in a variety of errors - usually a different one each
time.
>Often, after scandisk runs upon rebooting, the system stops with the
message:
>
> "Windows protection error. You need to reboot."
>
>Two other frequent errors are:
>
> "Fatal exception at 0028:c004E35D in VXD vcache(01) + 00000569"
>
>or
>
> "... at 0028:c000A2F9 in VXD VMM(01) + 000092F9"
>
>If and when I get to the point that I can email (I have a 24/7 cable
>connection), that's just about all I can do. Starting another program
often
>results in the system hanging. That is also the case in safe mode.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Keep in mind that I may not see your reply to this message, as the system
can
>hang at any moment.
>
>Anton
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