Randy (and other who provided assistance):

The problem has been solved. I had to reinstall Windows ME in a new folder
and to reinstall all of my software (a lenghtly process).

I would recommend this process to others who have spect more than 8-10
hours trying to diagnose a similar problem. I wasted much more than this.

David Rezachek, Ph.D., P.E.
Alternate Energy Specialist
State of Hawaii-DBEDT-Energy Division
P.O. Box 2359
Honolulu, HI  96804
Telephone: 1-808-587-3814
Facsimile: 1-808-587-3820
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Well, those symptoms are likely a telltale that a CPU /motherboard and/or
RAM problem arose. This can be caused by a overclocked CPU.

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