here is Belarc profile of system..any ideas why the message? Computer Profile Summary Computer Name: Billcomputer (in WORKGROUP) Profile Date: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 9:09:42 AM Advisor Version: 7.2v Windows Logon: BILL Click here for Belarc's System Management products, for large and small companies. Operating System System Model Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) Enclosure Type: Desktop Processor a Main Circuit Board b 1.70 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4 8 kilobyte primary memory cache 256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: http://www.abit.com.tw/ BH7 (Intel i845PE-ICH4) 1.0 Bus Clock: 100 megahertz BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 02/21/2003 Drives Memory Modules c,d 40.11 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity 24.86 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space HL-DT-ST CD-ROM GCR-8521B LG CD-RW CED-8080B [CD-ROM drive] 3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive] SAMSUNG SV2011H [Hard drive] (20.06 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 0454J1CT404510, rev RL100-05, SMART Status: Healthy SAMSUNG SV2011H [Hard drive] (20.06 GB) -- drive 1, s/n 0454J1CT438820, rev RL100-05, SMART Status: Healthy 256 Megabytes Installed Memory Slot 'A0' has 256 MB Slot 'A1' is Empty Local Drive Volumes c: (NTFS on drive 0) 20.06 GB 13.70 GB free d: (NTFS on drive 1) 20.05 GB 11.16 GB free Network Drives None detected Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers local user accounts last logon Administrator 10/2/2008 11:20:59 AM (admin) BILL 3/3/2009 6:30:25 AM (admin) local system accounts Guest 7/17/2007 7:52:00 AM HelpAssistant never SUPPORT_388945a0 never Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account

Not much to go on there. Did you change any of the BIOS settings or try to overclock the CPU? Is your CPU supposed to run at 1.7GHz/100MHz? Could it be the CMOS battery is failing?

thank you, Im trying to find the mhz. have not gone in to bios menu. may be battery, but clock is not slowing...thanks for your time

Try this: http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php