Sorry guys, I am a new user and there are hundreds of articles in this forum. I am having problems, maybe some can help quicker than I can read all the postings. I use XP pro on AMD 1800, 1gig ram, Avast 4 (home).
Once connected to internet (dial-up), the computer freezes and task bar is inoperative. This happens with first time dial up from cold, from user log-off > user log on, or long periods of computer not being used (ie. overnight) and with any program that invokes a dial-up. I have to use <ctl alt del> to shut computer down then use the manual reset button to complete the shutdown process. I seem to need to do this several times. If I can get on the internet without a freeze-up, everything works fine.
When I start (or restart) my computer, several icons from the system tray are no longer accessible (disappear). It seems that if all the system tray icons appear, the computer will access internet without freezing up.
Anybody help?