Okay, try this one fix thanks to kdog41:

http://delltalk.us.dell.com/messages/message_view.asp?name=sw_winxp&id=zyvee

If it doesn't work post back.

Dell 4300 XP Home Edition
Pent 4 1.6HGz
1503FP 15'' Grey Flat Panel Monitor
40 GB Western Ditigal
128 MB Sdram (Duh)
ATI Rage Ultra 16MB
NEC NR 7800A Cd RW/Floppy
Conexant HSF V92 Modem
Creative SB Live Sound
Altec Lansing ACS-621 w/Subwoofer
Epson 880 Printer
HP ScanJet 3400
ZoneAlarm
Norton Antivirus 2002

DiJaeDi,

In addition, you might want to look at the following thread from a few days back:

http://delltalk.us.dell.com/messages/message_view-topic.asp?name=dim_other&id=zrsni

Steve



Message Edited on 07/05/02 03:08PM by volcano11

This will almost certainly fix your problem. The same problem has happened to me:

Assuming you are running XP on an 845 chipset-4400 or something close to it.. If so,
Check your add remove programs list for "Intel Application Accelerator" If you find it, uninstall it (system will work without it) And install the latest version>>>
(If it won't uninstall, do this anyway):

Go here (To the Intel support site)>>> http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/filter_results.asp?strOSs=45&strTypes=DRV%2CARC&ProductID=663&OSFullName=Windows*+XP+Home+Edition&submit=Go%21

and download the latest version of "Intel Application Accelerator" version 2.2

Save it to your desktop, open it and let it install. It will overwrite any older version previously installed. Then reboot and see if your problem is gone.

Amazingly, the only version of this available from Dell as of today is well out of date, so Intel is the place to get it for now.

This file gets corrupted easily during a reinstall of XP, or perhaps replaced with an earlier version from one of the Dell "restore" disks, and will cause numerous startup problems and slow performance until it is updated to the latest version.
Even if this isn't the cause of your specific problem, it should be updated to the very latest version, available at the above link to Intel Support.

And BEWARE> If yor reinstall a bunch of drivers and other stuff from the Dell disks that came with your computer, you may well be installing earlier drivers, etc. than the ones that came pre-installed on the drive. So it isn't a very good idea to use the "Shotgun" approach by just reinstalling everything. You often wind up with more problems than you were trying to fix!!