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by randallh

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I am trying to help a friend out with a problem.
He is running Windows ME on a 20G Harddrive with a Q-lity mainboard. It was working fine before but has gotten unstable recently and terminates itself without warning at any stage in any program.
Are there any suggestions as to why this is happening?

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by thechas

Start with the simple things.

Clear out the Windows\temp folder.
You can usually delete all files that are more than 2 weeks old.

Clean out the temporary internet files (cache).

Scan for viruses.

Scan for "Adware". www.lavasoft.de

Run Scandisk, and then defrag from safe mode.

From there, you need to try and better determine what happens just before a crash.

Updating device drivers, and installing Windows updates can also help.

Chas

by b_pope

Have you checked your CPU & MB temperatures it sounds like it could be overheating. Are the fans working, do they need to be cleaned, is the air flowing freely or is it being blocked by cables.

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