Cheers Jephree,
I posted over in the spyware section and Have been told its likely a hardware problem, so i guess my computer is showing its age and slowly dying. Luckily its nearly tax time so i should have enough money to get a new computer soon.
Thanks to everyone who has helped me.

The fact that it runs in Safe Mode still offers hope that you can find the problem.

Safe Mode just loads the most necessary drivers for Windows to boot.

From this we can assume that some third party driver and or its' respective hardware is failing.

Where you go from here depends on how much time you want to put into this.

I would go back inside and start removing components in a trial and error approach.

Another approach would be to update all your drivers. This might be difficult as that computer is so old and Tang is not listing it anymore.

You could try our hardware scan and see what it does and or does not show:

http://www.d-a-l.com/hardware-scan.php

Here is a copy of the hardware scan, I hope i have posted it in the right place?.

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The following report details the hardware configuration of your computer. Please press the Copy To Clipboard button and paste this info on the forum so that a Tech can help you. If you have any problems with this Hardware Scan please contact us.


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OS Information:
Property Value
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition|C:\WINDOWS|\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1
Service Pack 2.0
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS


Processor:
Property Value
Current Clock Speed 957
Description x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 10
Manufacturer GenuineIntel
Name Intel Celeron processor


Memory (RAM):
Property Value
Bank Label RAS 2 & 3
Capacity 134217728

Bank Label RAS 4 & 5
Capacity 134217728

Total Memory Deteced in Hardware: ~256 MB
Memory Reported to Operating System: 255MB

Disk Drives:
Property Value
Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model ST340810A
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Size 40015987200 (~37 GB)
Number of Partitions 1


Installed Printers:
Property Value
Name hp psc 1200 series
Port Name USB001
Default True
Driver Name hp psc 1200 series


Motherboard:
Property Value
Manufacturer MSI
Model
Name Base Board
Part Number
Product MS-6309
Serial Number 00000000
Version 5.0


BIOS:
Property Value
Manufacturer American Megatrends Inc.
Name Version 1.00
Release Date 19970715000000.000000+000
Version AMIINT - 11


Monitor:
Property Value
Description Plug and Play Monitor
Name Plug and Play Monitor
Screen Height 768
Screen Width 1024


Keyboard:
Property Value
Description Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard


Pointing Device:
Property Value
Manufacturer Microsoft
Name PS/2 Compatible Mouse


Sound Card:
Property Value
Manufacturer VIA Technologies, Inc.
Description VIA AC'97 Audio Controller (WDM)
Device ID PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3058&SUBSYS_45111106&REV_50\3&61A AA01&0&3D


Video Card:
Property Value
Adapter Compatibility NVIDIA
Adapter RAM 67108864
Description NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 (Microsoft Corporation)
Installed Display Drivers nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.5673
Driver Date 8/04/2004 5:29:54 AM
Video Mode Description 1024 x 768 x 4294967296 colors


DirectX Installation:
Property Value


Modem:
Property Value
Model Motorola USB Modem
Name Motorola USB Modem


Network Adapters:
Property Value
Description Intel(R) PRO/100 S Desktop Adapter
Description RAS Async Adapter
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description WAN Miniport (L2TP)
Description WAN Miniport (PPTP)
Description WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
Description Direct Parallel
Description WAN Miniport (IP)
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description Microsoft TV/Video Connection

External Ports:
Property Value
External Reference Designator Def

Expansion Slots:
Property Value
Slot Designation PCI1
Slot Designation PCI2
Slot Designation PCI3
Slot Designation PCI4
Slot Designation PCI5
Slot Designation AGP
Slot Designation ISA1

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That motherboard is 7 years old but the BIOS is 10 years old. A bit strange.

See what this scan from MSI (your motherboard manufacturer) reports:

http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloadindex

Hello again,
I tried to do that scan,but it just kept doing the "now loading" i left it on for 35 mins and still was doing it and nothing else.
I made sure i turned off everything that was running including my avg antivirus, is it suppose to take this long?
Also my computer has restarted twice in the last hour
I so dont know alot about computers and when you say its strange that the motherboard is 7 yo and the BIOS is 10, i dont really understand.
Is the motherboard the tower(in my case its a flat one) and the BIOS the memory stuff that computers need?.

I ran the manual version and came up with this:

http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?f...170&cat3_no=84

The motherboard is the main board where all the other stuff is plugged into.

The BIOS is the Basic IN OUT System which is the software that starts the computer before any hard drive or Operating System is started.

The BIOS is the heart of the motherboard.

Your board was manufactured in 2000 and the DAL scan showed your BIOS as 1997. Could just be a bug in the scan. MSI shows a BIOS in 2000 as well as 2001.

http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?f...=1&prod_no=351

The chipset drivers have been revised to the latest 2007:

http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?f...=1&prod_no=351

The chipset drivers deal with the communication between various chips on the motherboard and subsequently your operating system.

This might be a good place to start. See if you can load the VIA Chipset 4in1 Drivers.

http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?f...=1&prod_no=351

I did load the VIA Chipset 4in1 Drivers. then i extracted the files and ran the setup.exe and it installed it then asked if i want to restart computer to use this, so i did. Now what do i do?
thanks heaps for your help!

See if it makes any difference. See if the same problems occur.

We are in trial and error mode. We can just try and err.

If the issues remain the same I would try the BIOS update.

This is a more complicated process so please know what you are doing prior to doing it but it is also quite simple. We are here to help.

Let us know if the 4in1 drivers make any difference.

Okey dokey, i will let you know if it still resarts itself.
Thanks heaps and heaps.
This forum is so great

HELLO!

sorry i was out for the long weekend!
wow, still working on that problem!
glad jephree's helping out by fixing this issue... i would simply, backup n format the OS, (quick solution )

BTW, if you do plan to format and re-install the OS, I would also suggest to download Driver Magician, and backup the necessary Drivers (audio, VGA, LAN, e.t.c)

CLICK HERE to download Driver Magician!

good luck!!