Bizarre Computer Problem

[kozak6]

My computer now does this bizarre thing, but it seem to be unrelated to Tremulous.

After it has been on for some time, all of a sudden the mouse is paralyzed, and it shuts itself down and turns itself off.

A virus scan didn't turn up anything, and my brother thinks it is overheating, but doesn't really know.

This is with XP Home Edition, btw.

Also, if I need to take it in for service, what would be a good way to hide or encrypt sensitive information?

[Nemo]

A virus scan didn't turn up anything, and my brother thinks it is overheating, but doesn't really know.

U should 1st test, if its really overheating, search for a program which is called "CPUburn". This will turn up your CPU to 100% load, so be careful.
If you've a C++ compiler on your sys, u can simply compile the following:

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#include <iostream>

int main(void)
{
    volatile short  i=0;
    while(1)
    {
        std::cout << i++;
    }

    return 0;
}


if you are running this code, you'll have to kill it using Ctrl+C from the command-line, because it uses a never-ending loop.

Also, if I need to take it in for service, what would be a good way to hide or encrypt sensitive information?

Try TrueCrypt: http://www.truecrypt.org/ . Simple to use, multiple encryption-algorithms choosable, and, best of all   , open source. BTW: it runs also on linux/unix and mac. You should copy (not move) your files to that folder, and overwrite the original files with a secure-eraser program, try a search for "peter gutman" site:sf.net in google.

Gr33tz, Nemo