>"James ''Wez'' Weatherall": > This sounds dubious. My first suggestion in these cases is that you remove > any software that involves kernel-level hooking, if possible - virus > checkers are a classic example
Once you unustall your virus checker you might consider going to: http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start_corp.asp for a free online virus scan! :) I love that place. > and then install the latest OS service pack. If you have XP the latest pack is SP1 but there have been a billion updates since then. I believe W2K is at service pack 3 > If that doesn't work, try "fixing" the installation with the standard > OS repair tools Notice: this is for XP I noticed that you have W2K but it still might work, I don't know if W2K has sfc Run the system file checker. To do this type "sfc /scannow" on the command line. This will check all of the system critical files to make sure they are still there and operational It will most likely ask for your Windows install disk so have it handy > just to make sure missing/corrupted files are replaced, > then reinstall the service pack and reinstall your virus checker, etc. > Obviously, this should all be done off the network! What happens when you crash? Just a sudden reboot and no warning a all? Is there anything in the event logs? > Finally, if reinstalling service packs and kernel-level apps doesn't help, > look to hardware or other dodgy patches. A good way to tell if it is your hardware or not is to bootup with a different OS. Now I know this sounds stupid at first but if you are able to get to a different computer with a fast internet connection, or maybe you can do it on that one, download Knoppix. http://www.knopper.net/knoppix-mirrors/index-en.html It is a live linux cd meaning that it will boot striat from the cd without touching your hard drive. As a system administrator I love it :) > Some of Microsoft's own bugfix > patches introduce other bugs, and you might have installed one at the same > time as getting the virus, by coincidence. You might also simply have a > hardware failure that has coincidentally shown up because the machine has > been rebooted more often than usual, for instance. > > I recently had a machine start rebooting during the boot sequence just after > having installed a new USB device - turned out that the device had probably > pushed my already dodgy motherboard capacitors over the edge & they had > brown gunk oozing out... EEEWWW!! :) Hope that helps even the smallest amount -Duffin _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
