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Bob_Smith

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    A minor issue not sure if virus related.
    « on: June 10, 2011, 11:51:32 PM »
    Recently when my computer is left on it seems to lock me out of everything. I am unable to open any new programs but the previously opened programs (foobar, firefox, game i'm playing) work pretty much the same.
    I can open task manager but whenever I attempt to end a process or program it freezes then after a minute or two it gives me some sort of error. (Unable to end process access denied something like that)
    It only happens after the computer being on for 5-6 hours so a quick reboot fixes it but I'd like to know what exactly is going on.

    I thought maybe a virus but it doesn't really sound like one to me but I really haven't had many virus issues in the past.

    Bob_Smith

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      Re: A minor issue not sure if virus related.
      « Reply #1 on: June 11, 2011, 01:20:10 PM »
      On second thought it might be a better idea to move this to the XP section since I'm pretty sure it isn't a virus.

      Bob_Smith

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        Re: A minor issue not sure if virus related.
        « Reply #2 on: June 12, 2011, 05:46:46 PM »
        Well decided to attempt to use my xp disk and try a os repair. Gave me a c000021a blue screen error when loading windows. So I just formatted the drive and reinstalled xp.
        Problem has gone away not sure what it was but it's fixed.