True but..
Yes microsoft suggests a number of causes to the above STOP error. However after sifting through the only ones which may be applicable to my box in question, I was left with suggestions of either a memory problem or a rootkit. C drive was not partitioned and was always firewalled (by hardware & software) & the antivir/spyware was updated daily etc..
I am more inclined to believe it is a problem or undocumented vulnerability with XP. And I agree I should just wipe everything and start over however the reason I hesitate to do that is because I have installed a number of pgrms that I'm sure I've lost the CD's or archives for. Yes I can I suppose do a manual/inividual resore from a ghost image but by the time I've completed doing that, Quad core cpu's will be old hat.
Many thanks to all for the comments received.
I guess I'll just live with it. Kind regards.
