Have yo done a virus check.  The several different problems like missing files and 
programs that won't open suggests either a virus or some major screw up in file management. 
 Did you run scandisk or Norton Disk Doctor?  Did either report errors?  Also, you 
should check that the memory is firmly seated in the motherboard 






On Saturday, January 18, 2003 at 2:43 pm, eroberts wrote:
>I have a question about Dealing 
>with Bad Memory (RAM):

>I am about ready to throw this computer out in the yard.  I have checked everything 
>that can be checked on it, and have run every system check that I have and still 
>cant resolve the problem.  Could it be that the memory is going bad?  I get the 
IE 
>had preformed an illegal function and will be shut down error for no apparent reason. 
> It told me Outlook Exp. could not be opened because some file was missing and hasnt 
>done that since.  When I click on a link in Favorites, IF it opens, it takes forever 
>to do so and when only one window is open, it may tell me that I am out of memory, 
>even cleaning out cookies and history and such doesnt help sometimes.  And the one 
>that gets me the most is when I run the Web Clean in Norton it will tell me that 
>IE is loaded and needs to be closed, but it is not open.  I close everything when 
>I run Norton or any other system check.  Does this sound like the memory is going 
>bad?  I have 128mb and havent had these problems until the last 3-4 wks.  Any suggestions?
>
>

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