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Hi Win: Sometimes things get wacky 'round here and just posting will mark a star...never noticed it? (unless the name triggers it!) LOL Yup, bigguy, I had the same problem trying to input the 1st link in my post...and had to resort to distilling it and pasting it in...

Just now getting back to this thread, Phil, and would take issue with it... I FOR SURE don't want something downloading that I don't know what it is. Whatever needs updating I'll take care of on my own, thank you. (worth exactly what you paid to hear it!) LOL

Hi nchrist, Thanks so much for feeding back to us the outcome...and we've all worn egg on our face!

You may need to load or update the motherboard chipset drivers to max out your video use...

Firewall? I've also had it happen when I must have hit a wrong key entering the password. Also, using the dialup in the Networking section of Control Panel instead of the default dialer gives you a chance (IF you're fast enough to hit the button) to better diagnose dialup problems.

Just checked and there's no such file on my install of XP Pro...perhaps the flash routine is what put it there. Common sense would tell me that there's limited use for *.vxd files in XP...and I know for a fact there are very few on the machine at all. Couple of things come to mind: 1) Shutdown...

The times it's happened to me I later realized I might have hit the Control key instead of Shift... There's also the possibility your keyboard is fritzed. Tried another?

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Seems counterintuitive but running with the case off may DECREASE cooling...especially if the case already has efficient flow pattern running. For sure it'll build up lots of things it grabs from ambient air. But no, it's not likely it'll overheat. The newer hard drives have Winbond sensors on...

230 Watt PS is the 1st place I'd check...test it with a meter. My SWAG is that the system has been overclocked and it may take resetting the BIOS to all defaults...and clocking down a bit where you can. (what I'd do) Good possibility (with the BIOS getting all wacky) the motherboard is going...

Mebbe bigguy is talking about XP Home...that's how you access the built in Admin account.