Quote Originally Posted by LeftEyeNine
Oh my..Another victim of System Mechanic Pro..

Stay away..STAY AWAY AND RUUUUUUUUN !!!!

Ah..Well..I've been a bit too nervous for an AM..

Such system tool suites can be as destructive as they are that much helpful. Norton Systemworks was a disastrous product in the beginning. I wonder if it still is. And so is SMP6..

I absolutely recommend Tuneup Urilities 2006..No headaches, trust me.

And finally your problem looks quite alike to corrupted OS. I'd recommend you to log into Safe Mode by pressing F8 just at the moment Windows starts to load. You'll be given a menu with options, you need to choose Safe Mode.

Safe Mode looks weird since most of the devices are not loaded (e.g. low resolution). But it can be a lifesaver under certain circumstances.

When you are in Safe Mode, uninstall SMP6. And have a registry clean. Take restart and logon normally and see what happens. If problem persists, login to Safe Mode again and backup your data because you may be needing formatting unfortunately.

Good luck.

P.S. For a registry clean, get Tuneup Utilities 2006 -it gives a fully functional 30-day evaluation period.
Thanks for the help LEN, but the PC managed to stay on long enough for me to do a system restore, thus removing SMP6 and undoing whatever it messed up. All is good now! I had the PC running for 6 hours non-stop yesterday after removing SMP6, no problems occured!

When you say 'another victim', do you mean to say that you too have been caught out by this evil program?