Thank you helpers…but

I did all those things before I resorted to the forum. The reason for the restart is the way XP was configured. I reconfigured it so now I get a BSOD and it shows MULTIPLE_IRP_COMPLETE_REQUESTS and I am getting a stop error 0x00000044. In Event Viewer, it said the computer was restarted after a debug check failed or some such nonsense. THe computer will NOT run except in Safe Mode with avast! installed. :cry:

Maverick