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I'm curious if I'm doing too much, or not enough, in the way of maintenance and security. I'm using my desktop PC at home and have XP as the OP and have a DSL internet connection.

Right now I do...

Is there a way, without opening the case, to tell if it has one or two sticks in it now?

Well, no, not exactly. I ran it on the bad computer and then realized I had no idea what to look for when it was running. So I ran it on the good computer and quickly saw the difference. I'm...

Ok, I think I'm getting somewhere now. I ran it on my working computer just to see what to expect. Then when I ran it on the non-working computer the list of errors is over 15,000 in just the first...

this Memtest has been running for over 11 hours, is that typical?

ok, I'm running Memtest86 V3.2 (f1 - f5)

(there was also a Memtest86+ V1.65)

Is there anything in particular that I should be watching for as it's running?

ok, thanks

Well, I made the disc, but there are so many choices I'm not sure which parts to run. Are there some specific diagnostics that you'd suggest? Will the problem be fairly clear once it's found by the...

I guess I want the UBCD 4 Windows (the full version)?

What exactly will that do?

No, but can I do that from the blue screen? I'm probably just in over my head here.