HelpMe911

Hey everybody,
I'm running windows 2000 on a Dell desktop. I need to know, what would be the effects if I prevented all startup programs from starting up with my computer? My computer's been acting very strange lately, shutting off in the middle of usage, and recently when it does that, the screen turns blue and an error message shows; something about clearing the cache. Please help me, I'm hoping it would run better if I stopped all programs from running at startup.

Praetor

ALL??? That includes the OS then.... then you wouldnt be able to do anythibg .. ya cant just go in and disable everythin What stuff do you have thatd you'd like to consider not starting up?

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syabab

hmm, it sounds like it's infected by a worm..

I had that befor on my Dell with XP, and I installed a patch from microsoft, and it solved the problem.

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Praetor

Not quite sure thats the case considering:

but still worth a check

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ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8
4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400
5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10
OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI