I'm running Vista Home Basic 32 on a computer not even a year old. When I log in (Safe mode w/|w/o networking, and regular) it works for about 5-20 minutes then freezes. Windows installer doesn't work as I tried to install Kaspersky to check for viruses, it got to the install point and crashed. I managed to keep the computer stable for a little longer period of time by ending all Windows Installer processes that were running, and kept ending them all when I checked.
This hasn't been the first time my computer has been acting up, it has been doing multiple things that get me mad. I am thinking either my Vista is bad or my MoBo is going as I got rid of a nForce SATA driver (nvstor.sys) and it became stable for 2 weeks, then I got a BSoD of the driver I removed. (The computer has sometimes not been finding my HD after a restart, which then makes me open it up and unplug/replug the SATA cables back in)
The damned thing has been to the shop 3 times now and they couldn't find anything wrong. Also I tried running Malwarebytes and the computer froze 5 minutes later in safe mode. I havn't tested the RAM, i'll do that tonight while I run a virus scan w/ this computer on the hard-drive.
Is this a vista issue, driver, device, or a virus/trojan/worm?
Please help, it sucks trying to play games on a computer w/ a 1.8ghz single core processor =(
Sorry if it's in the wrong section/forum/website but I want good tech smart people as the local computer shop does did-daly squat..
System specs:
HP Pavilion 6400z
Asus M2N68-LA micro ATX
AMD Sempron 1.8Ghz duel core
2gig Corsair XMS2 ddr2
Asus 8600gt Magic