krys

It is about 24 hours later and I don't know if I am out of the woods or not! I wasn't going to track this any further until tomorrow...it is Sunday and I didn't feel like scavanging around looking for a 3 Com modem driver today! But - it happene again twice today...unusual...seemed to be accellerating. At least this time, I did see the error on the blue screen. I am now renaming this from "the blue screen of death" to "the blue screen of the great unknown" I decided to get smart and go to Microsoft first..."smart" = well maybe there is something there...and low and behold...Windows update had my modem driver update posted there as nice as pie! So that deed has been done. However, I also downloaded a spiffy SP1 addition, I think...because I already did install SP1. It took forever to reboot after this....interminable blank blue screen that scares one senseless!!! After this, as soon as I opened IE...there was another error report they wanted me to send...so I sent it...and then another....4 times! Dunno....we will see. I will turn the puter off overnite, because if anything weird happens I think I want to see it! If there is another problem I will let you know. I appreciate your help....you pointed me in the right direction and I was able to hone in a little bit....fingers crossed...... Computers - - love'em or hate 'em....but I love 'em.

Rick All seems to be well. Virus is gone. Auto-restart is unchecked...and I will check on modem drivers tomorrow. BTW...my particular form of this virus did nothing that I can detect. I went into regedit to change what I was supposed to change...but my correct home page was listed. I wonder if zonealarm prevented more grief than I got! It appears I got this virus from a web site! hmmmm it was a link to a porn site...supposedly a hard porn site. Thanks for checking up on me...and for your help. I'm good now, I think! krys

Take care of yourself please. You are one VIP around here. Check in when you can!

Kudos to Rick and Steve. I did find a virus! js_exception.gen. I followed the advice on the site but so far cannot delete this file. I located it in temp int filescontent.ie5 but that is as far as I could get - I couldn't really "see" it to single it out and delete it..so I deleted all those files. I figures that since they are temp int files, it couldn't hurt the system, and there was a possibility that I was successful in removing it...we'll see...going back for another scan...and then I think I will purchase that software! Rick...bingo, both conditions exist, although I do not know about the drivers yet, I have to go looking. I never would have figure any of this out for myself, I appreciate your help! You take such good care of us! //heart Still working on it.... krys

Thanks Afterburner! I have a UPS! I thought of that too! I do upgrade all the time...especially since Window's XP has such a short history. You guys are great!

Thanks for coming to my rescue Steve! It happened once a little over a week ago, overnite. I don't usually power down over nite, and in the morning when I came in I knew it had rebooted because I needed to clear new "network connections" - - zone-alarm....if that had not happened, I would never have known. Then about a day or 2 ago it happened again, which is when I remembered that it happened the previous time overnite. It happened again only today. I don't know what more information to give you. I don't want to be helpless...but I don't have a clue where to begin. I have not noticed any other unusual behavior, and I haven't installed anything new for quite some time. I haven't changed any settings either. Those would be places I could adjust. Just in case, I will power down tonite. I may not be up and running until around 10 am tomorrow. If you need to communicate, I'll post my email in my profile again. I thought about using XP's "restore" function to go back far enough and hope to eliminate the problem....but I'd rather see what's up and fix it. I am relieved that a "geek" has some insight. All assistance is greatly appreciated! krys

I don't really think it is sentient...but I think I have a problem and I don't know how to deal with it. I am running Windows XP...I have cable connection...and as I was surfing along, my computer decided to reboot itself! Something must be set wrong? Or else I am in trouble. I don't know where to begin? Help?? krys

what is dhcp # 102 I have plenty of those in my system error log! ugh! I'll check further tomorrow...need sleep now! Thanks for the insight.

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Happy Birthday Mark!!!!!

Happy Birthday Garth! May you get to do everything you want to do on your special day!!!

I'm glad you're doing so much better. It was very wise decision you made not to move and I'm very happy to see you hanging around here.

Happy Birthday, socks - and I hope it's great! I miss your posts lately...soooooo full of wisdom!! krys

Happy Birthday! I hope it's the best!

We have a thread asking where we were that particular day, I wonder if you got to see what I saw today. I did not intend to watch all day...I just intended to watch the beginning of the ceremony until I heard Brett Bailey's name...and then go on about my business. Since I m retired, I had the luxury of being able to linger over a second cup of coffee and watch. In fact, I stayed all day. Presently, they have just lit the eternal flame at Battery Park. This has been a remarkable day for me. This one day the media did something right! They covered the events, and captured the mood. Of course it helps that no individuals were trying to sell their wares or publicize their causes. I think it was important for me to watch today. I live a bit less than 9 miles from ground zero (as the crow flies) and I believe there are other GS'ers who also live nearby. I learned much. The media should be commended for telling this story. Of course much was said about NYC Police and Firefighters, as it should have?.but also stories of your average type folks - survivors ? and how they coped. Everything was done in such good taste I have great admiration for these people. I?m speechless at the strength of so many. I also have great admiration for Mrs. Bush. She walked down a huge ramp into the memorial area along side her husband, stood during a brief ceremony, and then spent a total of almost 2 hours paying respects to survivors there. I expect her to be the Executive Wife, but the lady was in heels! I?m proud to be an American. I always have been; I?ll never really be over this, but today I rounded a corner in my own healing. I hope others gained some of this too! Where were you today?

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Ive been using NISTIME-32. I can't even remember where I got it, the program doesn't have a referral URL on it! You can Google it I'm sure if you want. I like it better than tardis. I kept having to shift time servers with tardis, and this one seems to work better with ZoneAlarm. At least that's my experience.

Yes you are special Pirate! Hope this is a sensational day! krys

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Thanks CW! Great stuff!

Hi You made a few remarks about us not having enough smileys, and perhaps you are right! Where did you get that cool smiley with the wave? I want them too, please!