my poor comp doesnt deserve all this crashing

[persianpower]

Hey everytime im running multiple programs - i have a crash

I have a P4 with 512 ram - everything works great right after a reboot but after several hours - the system slows down until it eventually becomes unresponsive (except for the mouse which for some reason always seems to move when i say so).

Anyways here is what the EVENT VIEWER has to say - if anyone can identify my problems - id be very much indebited if youd help me resolve them .

Thanks. Ive also attached a DR watson log if that helps.




System errors in Event viewer



EVENT # 7000 & 7001 (THESE ONES REPEAT A LOT)

Source: Service Control Manage



1) The NTPort Library Driver service failed to start due to the following error: The system cannot find the file specified.

2) The AMON service failed to start due to the following error: The system cannot find the file specified.

*this doesnt make sense, AMON is part of NOD32 virus scanner - ive uninstalled and deleted almost all remnants of this progam from my computer.* Except for one .dll file which wont delete

3) The Sentinel service depends on the Parallel port driver service which failed to start because of the following error: The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it.


Errors 7000 & 7001 repeat frequently.

The system doesnt reboot or show a blue screen, rather it freezes itself with an immediate and unexpected surge in Processer and Ram (both reach thier peaks, overload and go into a state of over usage or freeze). I can move the mouse, but everything on the desktop becomes nonresponsive, cpu reaches 100%, the shell collapses (sometimes it automaticlly restatrs itself). a rebooot sets everything back to normal until another immiment future crash (usually when im multitasking).






here is just a couple of the latest crash logs from dr watson - i have dr watson in my startup folder and its always running to check to see what goes wrong


*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll -
function: ntdll!KiFastSystemCallRet
7c90eb89 90 nop
7c90eb8a 90 nop
ntdll!KiFastSystemCall:
7c90eb8b 8bd4 mov edx,esp
7c90eb8d 0f34 sysenter
7c90eb8f 90 nop
7c90eb90 90 nop
7c90eb91 90 nop
7c90eb92 90 nop
7c90eb93 90 nop
ntdll!KiFastSystemCallRet:
7c90eb94 c3 ret
7c90eb95 8da42400000000 lea esp,[esp]
7c90eb9c 8d642400 lea esp,[esp]
7c90eba0 90 nop
7c90eba1 90 nop
7c90eba2 90 nop
7c90eba3 90 nop
7c90eba4 90 nop
ntdll!KiIntSystemCall:
7c90eba5 8d542408 lea edx,[esp+0x8]
7c90eba9 cd2e int 2e

*----> Stack Back Trace <----*
*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll -
WARNING: Stack unwind information not available. Following frames may be wrong.
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll -
ChildEBP RetAddr Args to Child
0007ff08 7ca32c57 00000000 0007ff5c 01016e95 ntdll!KiFastSystemCallRet
0007ff14 01016e95 000eb508 7ffde000 0007ffc0 SHELL32!Ordinal201+0x28
0007ff5c 0101e2b6 00000000 00000000 000206b6 Explorer+0x16e95
0007ffc0 7c816d4f 00000002 5d093c48 7ffde000 Explorer+0x1e2b6
0007fff0 00000000 0101e24e 00000000 78746341 kernel32!RegisterWaitForInputIdle+0x49

*----> Stack Back Trace <----*
*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll -
WARNING: Stack unwind information not available. Following frames may be wrong.
ChildEBP RetAddr Args to Child
00adff80 77e76c22 00adffa8 77e76a3b 00093158 ntdll!KiFastSystemCallRet
00adff88 77e76a3b 00093158 00000000 0007f88c RPCRT4!I_RpcBCacheFree+0x5ea
00adffa8 77e76c0a 000a6cb8 00adffec 7c80b50b RPCRT4!I_RpcBCacheFree+0x403
00adffb4 7c80b50b 000b1ca0 00000000 0007f88c RPCRT4!I_RpcBCacheFree+0x5d2
00adffec 00000000 77e76bf0 000b1ca0 00000000 kernel32!GetModuleFileNameA+0x1b4

*----> Stack Back Trace <----*
WARNING: Stack unwind information not available. Following frames may be wrong.
*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll -
ChildEBP RetAddr Args to Child
00b2ff78 7c802451 0000ea60 00000000 00b2ffb4 ntdll!KiFastSystemCallRet
00b2ff88 774f2fcb 0000ea60 000b4438 774f314d kernel32!Sleep+0xf
00b2ffb4 7c80b50b 000b4438 7c910945 7c91094e ole32!StringFromGUID2+0x2d1
00b2ffec 00000000 774f319a 000b4438 00000000 kernel32!GetModuleFileNameA+0x1b4

*----> Stack Back Trace <----*
WARNING: Stack unwind information not available. Following frames may be wrong.
ChildEBP RetAddr Args to Child
00baffb4 7c80b50b 00000000 ffffffff 7c90fb71 ntdll!KiFastSystemCallRet
00baffec 00000000 7c92798d 00000000 00000000 kernel32!GetModuleFileNameA+0x1b4

[YeOldeStonecat]

A couple of things.....
Do you have all your windows updates?
Have you scanned and cleaned your machine of ad/spy/malware? With tools such as the latest Adaware, Spybot search and destroy, Microsoft antispyware, etc? Latest versions, fully updated, scans run.
Has NOD32 been installed for quite some time? Or just recently, to a possibly infected machine? It's my favorite antivirus program.

Sentinal, you have an LPT key to run some CAD software or some other higher end package such as some estimating software?

[ghost]

Set up your computer to do a memory dump, then d/l & install the MS Debugger & Symbols. Sometimes you can trace the offending memory address that way or at least have it point you in a more specific direction.

That is, AFTER you do what YoSC suggests, above.

[persianpower]

my comp is clean and updated

- i installed NOD a year ago and uninstalled a few months ago (everything is wiped from my system except the imon.dll in my system32 folder). This little file wont delete and renaming it causes havoc with my DC++

-I dont have any CAD software though i have several hi end video editing programs installed likke AVID (what am i supposed to do to get rid of the error)?

-What is a memory dump and how can i perform one my xp pro system?

-Were u guys able to read and understand my errors?

[HeddaLora]

Without going super-technical, I'm thinking that if you start out alright after a reboot, but then it starts to slow down and finally crash, then you are running out of system resources. Programs that "leak" memory can cause this (I.E. is famous for this), along with spyware/adware/trojans. Here's the first thing I would try -- some basic maintenance stuff:

-- Delete all temp files (c:\windows\temp\*.tmp or similar)

-- Delete temporary internet files (c:\windows\temporary internet files\*.* or similar)

-- If you use I.E., click on Tools, Internet Options, Delete Files, select "delete all off-line content", click OK

-- Click on Start, Programs, Accessories, Systems Tools, Disk Cleanup

-- Download AdAware (http://www.lavasoft.de), check for updates, run it and remove whatever it finds

-- Download Diskeeper (http://www.executive.com) and defrag

-- Download, update and turn on SpywareBlaster (http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html) and SpywareGuard (http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html).

If these don't fix it, then I'd get more technical with the troubleshooting.