Free anti-virus try Avast Home 4.8, it uses very little resources and works well.
For malware try SuperAntiSpyware Free edition or Malwarebytes, I use SuperAntiSpyware but have used Malwarebytes in...

I have seen a similar issue where the standby button is not displayed. This was caused by the incorrect graphincs driver, an update to the correct driver solved the issue.

Have you tried...

In the group policy editor try:-
Click Start, Run, type gpedit.msc and click OK.
Navigate to...
User Configuration / Administrative Templates / System / Ctrl+Alt+Delete Options / Remove Task...

start menu, run, type taskmgr and click ok. Or right click on your taskbar at the bottom of the screen and select Tash Manager from the pop up

I would slipstream them with Nlite as you need to make sure they are the correct drivers for your system. Below is the link to the optiplex 330 dirvers, there are hard drive and storage matrix...

Hi Kerry.

Can you disable automatic restart. Control panel/System/Advanced Tab, under Start up and Recovery click settings, there is a section called System Failure make sure there is no tick in...

In XP SP3 a change has been made to the RDP client in regards to how to connect to a console session, previously it was nessesary to use the "console" parameter, but now the parameter has changed...

Are you using an origianl dell restore cd or a retail copy of XP. A retail copy will not have the sata drivers you need and will need them either slipstreamed or added as a third party driver from...

Uninstall the NIC, reboot the computer, reinstall the NIC and create a new network connection with your settings.

It can't write to memory block 0x00000010, either the block is reserved for an application or the block is bad. How many RAM sticks are there in your pc, can you take them out one at a time and...

Hello.
Do you know what Realtek card is in the pc. the above link is for the ethernet and fast ethernet cards (8100). I think the studio 540 comes with gigabit ethernet. The below driver might...

Before it reboots does it show the black screen with the windows logo?
When at the screen for safe mode is there an option to suspend automatic restarts (might only be with sp2), if there is...

can you try the hard drive in the other pc again as a slave and run chkdsk/f or/r.

you can run check disk from my computer also. Open my computer, right click the drive and select properties. ...

sounds like there is a windows start up file or .exe missing. I presume it is the genuine factory restore for that PC so all files should be on the cd.
Could it be a hard drive fault where the file...

The power connector on the motherboard could be loose and need to be solderd. Can you get any power lights or battery charging lights if you wiggle the adaptor

Are there any PCI cards in there.

Can you take them all out and then try to boot, if it does boot then put them back in one at a time until you find the bad card

when you say restore do you mean a factory restore or windows repair.

What were you doing on the pc before the problem?

Thanks caperjack. I will try hijackthis and see if it shows anything. I am fairly sure that I have removed the process now though. If it shows anything I will post in the virus section. Thankyou...

I know it is only simple but have you checked the hdd cables. If you have a faulty cable on either hdd it might cause conflicts and system freeze?

Sounds similar to a hdd failiure I came across a...

can you check the event viewer to elaborate on the error.
start/control panel/ administrative tools/computer management/system tools/event viewer.
Look for anything with a yellow or red symbol...

Nlite is fairly staight forward to use. When it is "locating the windows instilation" browse to your original xp cd in the cd/dvd rom, next tell it where to save the copy and then finish. Nlite...

Hi caperjack. thanks for your support, I am sure msconfig was enabled I have used it a couple of times today to enable and disable the "microsoft update machine" service.

Sounds like it could be a graphics driver error. Is it a HP?

Nlite is a good tool and is easy to use step by step it will allow you to intergrate the correct drivers for both your chipset and...

OK so here is the log from Malwarebytes (this is before the removal actions were taken as I did not save the file again after removal and restart). I has found a couple of things that my...

Thank you nsindian. I have downloded and run process explorer. I need to look into it a bit further to understand the results however it has sown me that I am connecting to ruthless.snoke.nl. ...

Have you checked the raid/sata drivers? The standard XP cd does not contain raid drivers.
Also is it XP home or XP Pro, I once had a similar problem with XP Home. I was trying to set up raid and...

Hello.

This is my first post so appologies in advance.

Does anyone know what the process zvsarc.exe is I have tried to google it and get no useful results. I noticed one of my XP machines...

You can hear a beep so it sound like it has completed post. If you disconnect the monitor cable does the monitor display raster? If it does then you need to trouble shoot your graphics card. If the...