Recently half the time I boot I get the following window: "DrWatson 
Postmortem Debugger has encountered a problem and needs to close."  The 
"Detail" button does not reveal anything comprehensible - to me, at least. 
Just code gook.  Then the pc usually (not always!) fails to complete 
booting. The curser shows an arrow on the desktop - but an hour glass on the 
Task Bar. And clicking - on anything - does nothing.  I then have to hit 
"Ctrl/Alt/Del" and shut down from "Windows Task Manager".  Then to boot 
successfully I have to reboot in Safe Mode and restore to a previous 
successful date.

    In addition, E mail ( O.E.), browser (Firefox), and other apps frequently stop working - "Not Responding".

    I've  housecleaned: Disc scan, defrag, emptied cookies, temp files, 
scanned for malware, etc.  Didn't help.

    At about the same time the thumb button (for doubleclick) on my Logitech 
"MouseMan Wheel" stopped working.  I re-installed its driver which fixed 
this  - but only till next re-boot!

    I have XP Pro on a 8 year old Dell. Anyone have a suggestion??

                                        Jim Harris,  Philadelphia

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