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Absolutely, it's a wonder what uneven voltage can do to a system. The best
thing to use is always a UPS unit, but failing that the pc should be on a
circuit that does not have any heavy loads, or any devices with an initial
heavy load. The resulting drop in line voltage, even temporarily, can cause
innumerable problems.
Another MVP I worked with for a time had his girlfriends machine in his
shop - it ran perfectly. As soon as she brought it home, it threw all kinds
of blue screens (this was a Win98 system). She'd bring it back, and it was
fine. He brought to his house, it was fine. We suspected a household voltage
problem at this point, but even a UPS unit didn't help much. Turns out the
transformer on the pole near her house stepping down the voltage was dying
and throwing all sorts of stray voltage.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"BBUNNY" <bbunny@bqik.net> wrote in message
news:%2311aZm7GFHA.560@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Rick. I think it would be wise to mention the facts about dirty
> power. I had a lad who would bring his box to me all messed
> up. I would straighten it out and give it back and within a short
> period of time it would be corrupted again. So I went to his
> flat and seen that he had it plugged into a $12 power strip. But,
> the real kicker was on the other side of the wall. A refrigerator,
> microwave, garbage disposal etc etc. Bottom line is not any
> OS can corrupt, but a poorly setup and maintained OS will
> corrupt.
>
> Rick "Nutcase" Rogers wrote:
> | Any file on any system using any OS can become corrupted. One minor
> | glitch changing a 0 to a 1 (or vice versa) can create trouble that is
> | totally unrelated to the operating system.
> |
> |
> | "pjp" <pjpoirier_is_located@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> | news:0fQTd.9561$oh4.350863@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
> || Shouldn't that be "all you should HAVE to do is reactivate", he
> || shouldn't NEED to do anything if the OS was as stable as MS likes to
> || imply it is.
> ||
> || "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> || news:%23jWA0B5GFHA.2736@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>
> ||| Hi,
> ||| Possibly some corruption in the activation files, but all you
> ||| should need to do is reactivate.
> |||
> ||| Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> ||| http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> ||| Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> ||| www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> ||| Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> |||
> ||| "Bob" <news@direcway.com> wrote in message
> ||| news:%237N6Bw4GFHA.3092@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> |||| I am getting the following message box when I boot up the
> |||| computer.
> ||||
> |||| Message: Since windows was first installed on this computer the
> |||| hardware has
> |||| changed significantly. Due to these changes windows needs to be
> |||| reacatived
> |||| within 3 days.
> |||| Yes
> |||| No
> ||||
> |||| This started yesterday evening. There have been no hardware
> |||| changes to the
> |||| computer of any kind since it was purchased from Dell. It has xp
> |||| home edition.
> ||||
> |||| Can anyone tell me what could be causing this? Is it a problem in
> |||| the service program, or udate program?
> ||||
> |||| Bob Sellers
>
>
>
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