i HAVE TO SAY i HAVE NEVER WORKED WITH A SET OF RECOVERY DISKS.Ooopps,I would think that doing a complete format and installing a complete OS would be an option.Most of the problems could be related to windows,not a overheated cpu.That is my opinion however,and I am no computer guru.Best of luck though,I know its a pain in the butt when you cant get the computer working correctly.Have you tried running in safe mode?

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Hi, I had similar problems and I solved it by changing the case from a 235watts to a 300watts power supply. What power supply does your case have? And how many fans are you using? I have: 1 power supply fan 2 extra fans one of them extracting, the other one taking air in. 1 slot fan, which is an extractor. Good luck

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Thanks ojeda, I dont actually know the rating of my power supply it was pre-installed and I can not see any external markings, so I guess I might have to delve inside. I am very annoyed about the fans though, I am no technician but even I know that with this system there should be at least one case fan. However, Evesham seem to think that as there is a fan on the graphics card a case fan is not needed, as I have a CPU Fan, Power Supply Fan and Graphics Card Fan. This is a replacement system as the first one died, the first did not have a fan on the graphics card but it did have a branded Coolmaster case fan and a Coolmaster CPU fan. None of my current fans appear branded so I guess as well as being insufficient they are cheap too.

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I think it's time to kick Eveshams arse Les. If you've noticed discrepencies from the two seperate machines, then start getting "narky" with them. My Mesh specs / case aren't much different from yours and I've got more fans than I can count, I use this machine marginally more than you - not much in it though :) And don't suffer from your problems.

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Thanks Viking, I guess the next one will be a MESH. I spent about 3 months researching what PC to get, the decision came down to MESH and Evesham because as you said the specs are almost identical with the systems. I chose Evesham because most reviews rated them slightly better than MESH, but so far one DEAD system and one REPLACEMENT, where I have spent more time fixing it than using it.

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I came to this independent conclusion a while ago and is not rocket science ( and has been reiterated numerous times here ). ....I'm going to build my own next time ;):) Whilst this Mesh machine is sweet as ( at the moment, touch wood, dance round a totem pole etc ), anything outside of the box to do with Mesh is Utterly Appalling !! I'd get bored before I listed the problems with their "Tech support outfit". Suffice to say their sales side is very efficient - Incoming :). The service - Out going - they provide looks good on paper, but in reality trading standards should get involved. (half joke, half not - pending what mood you catch me in) Build your own is definitely the way to go. When I get time I'll build 2 boxes - 1 of them will never see microsoft on it.

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used conpressed air to clean out the dust ... make sure the fan is free from dust ... make sure theres a fan blowing cool air in and another bringing out hot air from the casing so that heat in the casing can be reduced ... If ure CPU is hot, beware, ure gona get ure MoBo fried and lose warranty ... Use a cooling software for more cpu heat reduces ...

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I had this problem until I realized I had typed the wrong key into Windows Registration key,the one I had used (for another program) had only numbers in it, so naturally I made sure I found the correct CD key as it has a mix of letters and numbers.It seems the CD registration key is used in algorithms by various programs,definitely Windows explorer and Internet explorer.Now this error is sorted I no longer suffer Iexplore caused error in User.exe when rendering certain web pages,or Blue screens of death when printing, installing drivers etctera.So if by accident you also have an incorrect CD key through oversight,find the key,reinstall and you should be right as rain.If the chip boots its sweet.You definitely got software problems,not hardware.

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I had the user.exe message exactly as above, and found that this fixed it: I have a nVidea chipset on a GeForce card, that did not have WinME drivers. When surfing to a site with Macromedia Flash, the Flash conflicted with the card settings and forced a close in IExplore. So, I updated the nVidea driver to suit WinME (default driver not suitable). Hope this helps.

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Hi there, your problem is more than one. First off, the heatsink needs pulling off and reseating with thermal paste(running too hot). Next up, it sounds like your IDE devices are not in the correct configuration on the cables(Primary hard drive on end of IDE cable). Maybe the jumpers are not set correctly? Also, once you have set up windows, check in the device manager: right-click on my computer, then properties and then device manager. Expand the disk drives section and double-click the hard drive. Make sure that DMA has a check mark beside it. Do the same with CDROM and DVD drive (under 'settings' tab).

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I had the same problem on a similar system. Athlon 1.4 and A2A266 MB. I have a GeForce 4 Ti4600. Ever since adding the GF4 I can't play 3D games for more an a few minutes. The GeForce 2 GTS I had before had similar, although less frequent, problems. I always thought it was the drivers. With this GF4 and using Asus Probe software (available on their website) I noticed my processor was averaging similar temps (upper 70c [74-76]) when idle and upper 80c when playing games. I discovered than my machine had only a CPU heatsink fan, power supply fan and GF4 fan. I tried an experiment (VERY IMPORTANT) and opened the side of my mid-tower case and pointed a medium-sized table-top fan inside on it's highest setting. Well...happy happy joy joy...I was able to play games without lockups for hours and hours. Then terror hit me when resetting my machine..."Backup your hard drive, drive about to fail!!!" After closing up the case and cooling it down I turned it back on and the ominous message went away and never returned. I noticed that I had no extra case fans. I added 2 Thermaltake Smart fans (80mm) one in front blowing in and one back blowing out. The temps are now 60-63c low usage and 67-71c high usage. The lockups take a little longer (6-8 minutes) but still happen. Should I buy a hi-performance heat sink, slot fan or drive bay cooling device (with fans blowing in and out)? All three? I guess I'll need to invest in some earplugs too. Thanks for any help!!

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