my comp is seriously buggered. i have 100% cpu usage with a process called ns.exe. my monitor turns itself off when it feels like it. my computer freezes completely in start up or whenever it feels like to be honest wit u. had the whole of the inside of the computer changed except for.. i think the power unit and the box itself. i have a dvdrw and normal cd drive. i had the sasser virus but got rid of it... i think. these problems have been going on for about 6 months now and it is starting to be very annoying and very expensive. please could you help. a few stabs in the dark would be good. cheers my comp is custom built. i have an amd athlon 2200xp wit 512 of ram and a 60gb hardrive if it helps

I'd checked these registry keys HKEY LOCAL MACHINE->Software->Microsoft->Windows->Current Version->Run Current User->...same as top. If there is some thing within these two folders that outright appear to be junk or spyware then I'd delete it. If your not sure back up the key by going to the File Menu and export it first before you delete it. This way you can always reimport it later if it was somthing important. Reboot your machine and see what happens. Run adaware on it and hopefully everything disappears. If all else fails you could always backup your data and reinstall XP. I tend to reinstall XP even couple of months to clean up stuff. TECHZAPORT OUT!!!

Before i formatted and started over i would suggest a nice virus scan using AVG 6.0, which is free and a spyware scan using ad-aware 6.0 and spybot search and destroy. You will be supprised how much stuff these last to programs will fix. All of them are free. Let us know how you do.

I agree with nick . 1st step , run a virus check from all of these . Online Virus check ( free ) http://housecall.antivirus.com/ http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ http://www.cybertechhelp.com/html/misc/av.php http://www.pandasoftware.es/activescan/activescan-com.asp http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/ http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/home.asp?j=1&langid=ie&venid=sym&close_parent=true&plfid=23&pkj=HXJDYNBRFNJSVSTIVVB System Restore option in Windows Me/XP http://www.augustana.ab.ca/other/cns/virus/ http://www.adamtj.org/repository/howto/W32.Blaster.Worm/ Users of Windows Me and Windows XP should temporarily turn off System Restore. Windows Me/XP uses this feature, which is enabled by default, to restore the files on your computer in case they become damaged. If a virus, worm, or Trojan infects a computer, System Restore may back up the virus, worm, or Trojan on the computer. Windows prevents outside programs, including antivirus programs, from modifying System Restore. Therefore, antivirus programs or tools cannot remove threats in the System Restore folder. As a result, System Restore has the potential of restoring an infected file onto your computer, even after you have cleaned the infected files from all the other locations. Also, a virus scan may detect a threat in the System Restore folder even though you have removed the threat. For instructions on how to turn off System Restore, read your Windows documentation, or one of the following articles: How to turn off or turn on Windows XP System Restore http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2001111912274039?OpenDocument&src=sec_doc_nam

thanks a lot. with all the info. i have still got the problem that when i try to ope the internet it freezes before i can do anything and other tikmes it lets me go on there but half way through loking it freezes again. i will keep trying and keep you up to date wit everything that happens. thanks again

You may be able to get more info from the Event viewer . HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;308427 ================================ Windows XP Events and Errors Enter the message source and ID in the text field, then click G http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/support/ee.asp Or , http://www.eventid.net/search.asp Or , Windows Error Generator http://www.netdevel.net.nz/index.php?mod1=netdevel/software Ever wondered what Error(312) means ? Look it up with this, or have it list all the errors your operating system is able to give. Also good for programmers who need to throw a specific system error. Go to Software menu. =================================== If you want to stop a blue screen auto reboot so you can read the error message from the screen: Go to Start -> Control Panel -> System Go to Advanced Under the Startup and Recovery section, click Settings... Under System Failure un-check "Automatically restart"