This is on my computer at home, so had to wait until I got home.
I was able to do more checking on it. First I found that Norton Anti-Virus wasn't being acknowledged - so do suspect that it may be more virus related (perhaps this thread should be moved over to that side). I uninstalled & reinstalled Norton & ran the scan twice which found nothing.
I also noted that it seems to be happening when I'm on-line. I have cable no dial-up. Have also started having it come up with the blue fatal error screen.
Thought it was hardware since it just started. Maybe I am just needing an excuse to buy new computer with more power (argh, argh, argh)!