Every once in a while my system will crash. After the blue screen
comes up for a second the system restarts itself. My operating system
is XP. I use Norton Systemworks including Anti virus and Firewall,
Ad-aware Se edition, Spybot Search and Destroy, and System Mechanic 5.
I constantly keep everything updated not to mention Microsoft updates.
Needless to say I scan my system on a regular basis to get rid of
spyware, junk and invalid registry entries. What else can I do to
resolve this?

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Request for Question Clarification by tlspiegel-ga on 16 Jan 2005 19:33 PST

Hi whutupbioootch,

The following site might be helpful to you.  Click on NEXT PAGE at the
bottom of each page.
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1647&page=1

If you find the information corrects your BSOD (Blue Screen of Death)
issues, please reply with a clarification and I'll post in the answer
box.

Good Luck!
tlspiegle

In cases like yours, I always suspect that the processor is getting
too hot.  I used to get idiosyncratic crashes, and finally found a
small application that cured my woes.

RAIN
http://www.benchtest.com/rain.html
This will tell you the temperature at which your processor is running,
and will automatically lower the temp for you.

If this works, then overheating is your problem.  You could then
either continue to use Rain, or get a better heat-sync fan.

If this works for you, and overheating is your problem, please Clarify
and I will post in the Answer box.

~~Cynthia