Why does my computer go nuts sometimes?

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Someone on the Dell forum suggested that the erratic behavior that I was experiencing was due to a faulty mouse. I switched out the mouse and have been problem free (and sane!) for two days.

mj

Sometimes, if we recieve a trojan horse dropper from a recent corrupt website we might visit does'nt take effect until the computer is rebooted. If such a case happens to you, go to the startup menu and turn off the corresponding program: run "msconfig". Then goto add/remove programs and remove the corrupt program (uninstall). Then reboot the computer, and you should be good to go. I've zapped manyavirus this away. Some hide very well. Be vigilante, your computer relies on your planning ahead, and be kind to it by minimizing your startup menu to keep her running smooth and purrin like a kitten.
peace:Richie

Hi there

Please chalk out a solution for me. My windows 98 pc behaves crazy sometimes. after i got broadband line installed on my system through moden(USB). the mouse pointer sometimes starts moving here and there very fast opening menus both by right click and left click uncontrolably. i have to restart my system every time.

Please help.

Thanks

Your article came up on Google and I wanted to thank you for having the directions for removing that microphone thing. Mine was running every time I started up Outlook and made everything run slow. Just wanted to say THANKS again for having this posted online. :))

My PC sometimes always reboot for no reason, for an example, i was using Window Media Player while checking mail, it went reboot for no reason and restarted like it was nothing serious error happen. Then there's a time when i watch movie by using Window Media Player, it went reboot like just now,then i tried using the cyberlink software to watch again but it happened again when i was watching the movie(the pc reboot after sometime,not right after the movie played).There is another example,i opened too much IEXPLORER windows and it went reboot again.i can't play game even some game that require low performance like yahoo's ZUMA.Another problem is after i play some high requirement game for sometimes my pc went reboot for sure.Is this because of memory things and graphic card.I'm using Windows XP service pack 2 and i don't have a graphic card, my RAM is a single 512MB DDR II RAM.

Great work Leo!!!
You helped me so much.
Regards

Leo,

Thank you. What a strange experience it is to watch one's computer start spitting out text in whatever textbox is active.

Leave it to Microsoft to install a friendly feature like this, and bury the disable way down inside a control applet. Come to think of it, there's no disable button--just a remove.

And even after Removing, according to Task Manager, sapisvr.exe is still running, soaking up 44K of RAM and another 28K of swap disk. I'll reboot to see if the bugger dissapears.

Another tidbit: according to TaskMan, sapisvr.exe has passed over 27 million bytes since boot, 4 days ago, and written over 19Mbytes. What can it be doing all that data?

Thanks again.

My comp first used to suddenly reboot for no reason...whether i am playing a game or i am watching a movie or working....but now, it most of the times does not even starts...there are options shown such as
1) start in SAFE MODE.
2) Last known configeration.
3) Start windows normally...

i tried all of them, but after a few amount of time, the HDD light stops blinking and the PC is hanged even before it gets started...

Pl tell me what to do...onnly sometimes, if comp's Mood is fine(like now), or i try a hell lot of times then and then only the PC starts... PL HELPPP!!!!!

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There are many MANY reasons it might happen. Start with this article:
http://ask-leo.com/why_do_i_get_a_black_screen_on_my_computer_after_a_while.html

Sorry.

Leo

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Thanks.I have the latest Vista and from day one it started giving problem similar to those discussed above.I tried all that is written above to no avail.In my case,the mouse moves in a random fashion,in Chat,email,Excel and Word resulting in lots of mistakes,making me go crazy.I have tried the latest NOD32 and no virus/worm is detected.The NOD32 company asked me to go in for windows updates ,which I have done.Still I am left with this hounded machine.PLEASE HELP

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