[gman (Grant)]

Just when all was going well, one of my desk tops computers decided to slowly wind up.
Things just started to stop working.
Task bar - constant ? when you run the mouse over it. - I shut down the part of the system that looks for new hardware/software as this was the most likley cause.
Then no internet connection but I could access the hard drives through the LAN with the other computer.
TCP/IP issues?
I don't like the smell of this

The "I'll fix this once and for all" attitude kicked in.
I have been threatening to clean up this PC for some time now.

I copied all files to another desktop over the LAN.
Some 100gigabytes

Then - no LAN - What the?

Copied emails and contacts to a mem stick and imported them into the other desktop.
Noted all programs on the pc and then broke out the XP CD

With any luck this computer will be flying again in the morning.

My wife thinks I planned this all day so I get to stay in the study all night on the computer.
Told her I would prefer to be in fron of the tv with a cold beer.