Given that the PC is 8 years old, I guess it could be deterioration of the OS. I remember that I had to rebuild my Win95 machine about once a year.
I did have my local ISP set up as a "Trusted Site" with IE, so that malware downloader could have gotten in there from my hacked web sites. I talked with my ISP this afternoon and they had no knowledge of any hacks. About ready to drop them after 10+ years.
Is there anything else I can try to see what might be causing the problem?
One additional note, my external hard drive (data files only, no executables) starting dying about the same time. Might that be a source of the problem?
I did have my local ISP set up as a "Trusted Site" with IE, so that malware downloader could have gotten in there from my hacked web sites. I talked with my ISP this afternoon and they had no knowledge of any hacks. About ready to drop them after 10+ years.
Is there anything else I can try to see what might be causing the problem?
One additional note, my external hard drive (data files only, no executables) starting dying about the same time. Might that be a source of the problem?