ya got me

would a system restore do the trick?

I'll tell ya on msn.

anyone else know?

get Norton 2003. or run check disk before you clean it. something is wrong with your registry. Norton is a life savor.

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Be careful of Norton 2003 if you're running Windows XP. It has some issues with the OS.

ok thanks whatever

Did you run Scandisk already? It might pick up any error and maybe your problem will go away. Also, when you run Disk cleanup try removing all the programs that are running in your pc at the time. do ctrl+alt+del and remove all the programs EXCEPT systray and explorer. That might do the trick. I always disable norton whenever i run cleanup and it works mighty fast.

scan disk? where is that, I only know of disk clean up

I think scandisk is part of your anti virus program...

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Scandisk is a windows program that checks your hard-drives for errors. I don't use Windows XP so I don't know if this program is there. Anyway, go to your System Tools (Start, Programs, Accessories) and run Scandisk. Do the Standard Test. The Thorough test takes alot of time depending of the size of your drive. When you have the avaiable time, you should run it as well.

no, scandisk on xp is part of disk defragmenter...which itself is very inneficient

hmmm..... I dunno what to do oOo:

reliable is right....defraging is really pointless.