Shutdown Error: ieSHaZ+f9ylzOJOIX/ur7A10+default...

[lawsonrc]

Hi. I just googled and got this forum. I am getting a shut down error when my computer begins to freeze up and I have to reboot. This has been happening the last couple of weeks; my computer has been running very slowly: the CPU easily reaches 100% and the 512 DDR Ram hits 90-100% easily until the computer is no longer usable.

I get the following error when shutting down:

ieSHaZ+f9ylzOJOIX/ur7A10+default...

I have defragged, run Windows Defender, SpyBot Search and Destroy, LavaSoft AdAware (no spyware, just cached cookies); I use, update and test daily with my antivirus AVG Free Edition. I have a Lynksys Wireless Router which is a good hardware firewall. I have WindowsXProfessional. I use the latest updated Firefox Browser and don't use IE, although IE6 is on the computer (I refuse to download IE7).

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Richard L.

[CBMatt]

Do you have AIM enabled to load on startup?  If so, try disabling it and see if that helps.

This may not be the problem, but it's the easiest thing to try.

[ale52]

Need...more...info...gasp 

Service packs installed / when did it start happening / did it ever work right / installed any new software?

Alan <>< 

[lawsonrc]

Hi Chris and Ale52. Thank you so much for your responses.

I discovered that AIM sits in the system tray when I boot WinXPPro, so I have disabled that function.

I have the latest Service Pack 2 and all updates (except IE7).

Here are the specs for my Powerspec 8920 computer (Micro Center's brand), bought in June 2002:

Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 2.40GHz

Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Edition

System Board: Intel® D845EBG2

System Memory:512MB composed of 2 - 256MB DDR266 SDRAM 184-pin DIMMs

MadDog Conqueror Nvidia FX5200 Plus Graphics Card

The problems started occurring I guess (but not sure) either Mar or Apr and have gradually gotten worse. Before then, all worked fine. The only new item in the Systray is the small utility MemInfo, added Sat. June 2nd (see below).

Items in SysTray:

Logitech Quickcam10, AVG Antivirus Free Edition-Control Center; Window Blinds 4.5; Post-It Notes Lite; Webshots; Live Weatherbug; Yahoo Widgets (without the Dock); and a small utility called MemInfo 1.80 (Service Release 3; as of Saturday June 2).

I have closed various items to see if any of the above are significantly draining the memory, but they all seem to individually not having much affect. When I do open Firefox, my CPU usage jumps to 100%.

I have a CD program that I use called Chant the Bible which, when in use, uses 100% CPU...functions, but a little slow.

Contrary to false statements Weatherbug does *not* contain spyware or adware.

At the moment with the latest Firefox Browser opened (with 29 tabs open), my Memory Usage is 81%.

Advice requested: I checked into replacing my Memory with  two 512  DDR RAM 2700 (333Mgz) for a total of 1 Gig. Should I do this? That is what I found at the computer store.


Also, I run Windows Defender, SpyBot Search and Destroy, and Lavasoft Adaware weekly and update and Test AVG Antivirus daily.

I certainly appreciate the friendliness of this forum and both of your quick responses! All advice is greatly appreciated, since I'm not a "techie" (although I do occasionally use Linux: Mandriva 2006 on Desktop, soon to be changed to 2007 Spring, on a separate harddrive).

Richard L.

[CBMatt]

Although more memory would be a good idea, I don't know if it would solve your problem here.  Are you familiar with msconfig?

Go to Start > Run and type in msconfig and hit Enter.
Click on the Startup tab and uncheck any mention of AIM.  Click OK and restart.
If that doesn't fix it, then try unchecking your Logitech startup files.

AIM (especially since 6.0) and Logitech webcams are both common causes of an ieshaz error.

Windows Blinds also tends to cause problems for some people, however I don't know whether or not that applies in this case.

[lawsonrc]

Hi Chris,

I got an update/reinstallation for the Logitech camera, then I did msconfig and unchecked all startup files for the Logitech camera. (I had already disabled AIM 6.0 at startup.

Also, when I was at Micro Center looking at memory, the salesguy said that I could upgrade from the 266 mhz to the 333 mhz. He said that with memory you could go one step up or down. It's now hard to find the 266 mhz.

Can you...or anyone... confirm this before I buy any new memory?

Many thanks,

Richard L.