Mario, it was a clean install. Called Doc #2 and he said that Freeze Up is one of the most difficult things to diagnose.......could be either hardware or software. Maybe new mother board.......there WILL be a new computer when the Xmas bonus arrives, if I survive that long. (And bear firmly in mind that I was the one who didn't even want a stoopid computer..........

And, it's not a virus. However, when I picked it up today, and managed to boot it at home, I had 48 new e mails, including one from spaw and the same one from kat but forwarded. BOTH were infected with something.....said McAfee. Also had another kak worm from a local friend......jeez.