It very well could be a dying power supply but I think its more of a registry thing.
If Im correct youve been have some serious problems lately and Id like to see if we can correct them.
First off, I'd like you to get a program called Ad Aware. This program searches your hard drive for known spyware. Spyware not only sends your data back to whomever, it can also be known to corrupt your registry. Thats why I want you to download it, or get it from a magazine disk for free.
www.lavasoftusa.com will take you to the main site for the program. Youll be offered mirrors to download it from. Its 1.45 megabytes. Just make sure you get the free version.
Once you run the scans remove all the elements that it finds. You'll be warned that removing the items found can cause some programs to cease functioning properly. Ignore that and remove them anyway. Once its finished reboot and go into safe mode.
Once inside safe mode do a Disk Cleanup and then Defrag. Restart in normal mode and then let it run, play games, whatever. Shut it down for a minute, boot it and see what happens.
If it doesnt help let me know and Ill see what else can be done.
Good luck.
[ 03-13-2003, 04:54 AM: Message edited by: Earthdog ]