Re: sudden shutdown and/or freezing of XP/ Win 7 Desktop

From	VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.hardware
Subject	Re: sudden shutdown and/or freezing of XP/ Win 7 Desktop
Date	2017-02-10 16:19 -0600
Organization	Usenet Elder
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R2D4 wrote:

> VanguardLH wrote:
>
>> R2D4 wrote:
>>
>> You sure the cause is not also the cause of your taskbar freeze problem
>> that you posted about over in alt.comp.os.windows-10?  
> 
> That wasn't me, no taskbar problems that I know of.

Oops, different mishmash nym.  Sorry.

>> When was the last time you dusted out the inside of your unidentified
>> computer?  Dust, lint, and pet hair are thermal insulators.  You need to
>> get out the dust, especially from the heat sinks.  In the 5 years that
>> you owned the desktop, have you ever dusted it out?
> 
> Yes I have.  Believe it or not, I've actually used an electric leaf 
> blower with the PC case opened outdoors to dust them.  

That won't provide the focus you need to blow the dust out from between
the fins of a heatsink.  I could throw a stick of dynamite onto the top
of my backyard but the blast won't get rid of the moles under the soil.

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sudden shutdown and/or freezing of XP/ Win 7 Desktop R2D4 <r2d4@stwars.com> - 2017-02-10 11:34 -0500
  Re: sudden shutdown and/or freezing of XP/ Win 7 Desktop "Rodney Pont" <mlist4@infohit.me.uk> - 2017-02-10 17:23 +0000
    Re: sudden shutdown and/or freezing of XP/ Win 7 Desktop R2D4 <r2d4@stwars.com> - 2017-02-10 12:35 -0500
  Re: sudden shutdown and/or freezing of XP/ Win 7 Desktop VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2017-02-10 14:35 -0600
    Re: sudden shutdown and/or freezing of XP/ Win 7 Desktop R2D4 <r2d4@stwars.com> - 2017-02-10 15:56 -0500
      Re: sudden shutdown and/or freezing of XP/ Win 7 Desktop VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2017-02-10 16:19 -0600
        Re: sudden shutdown and/or freezing of XP/ Win 7 Desktop R2D4 <r2d4@stwars.com> - 2017-02-10 22:07 -0500
          Re: sudden shutdown and/or freezing of XP/ Win 7 Desktop VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2017-02-11 00:58 -0600

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