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XP Problems that Occur when Your Profile Is Damaged
If you purchase bad RAM, or put in RAM that isn't compatible with your computer, the operating system might start up and then crash hard when the bad RAM is accessed. We've seen many occasions when this happened and it corrupted the user's profile. The fix isn't very straight forward, but Microsoft does a great job at walking you through the steps to get the system repaired. Check out the step-by-step instructions over at:
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