Wierd startups for Xp

[rohan3886]

I have compaq laptop (1.3 GHz ,256MB, intel celeron M). I have intalled Xp professional as well as Fedora core5 on it. When my XP loads up, it always starts up in a unique way every time i restart or shutdown and start again. for e.g sometimes my mcafee doesnt load properly . sometimes it loads but doesnt show icon in system tray, if i restart the laptop the icon can be seen again. Sometimes the driver of my wI-FI CARD is not loaded properly it cannot acquire the network address etc. such things keep on happenin now and then. i dont know wats the problem. The most common prob is with mcafee icon it sometime appears and sometimes it doesnt without making any changes in consecutive restarts. is the problem because of linux and xp running together , if not plz help me out here......

thanx

[JGuru]

The problem is not due to XP & Linux installed in the same harddisk. Use a good
antivirus like Kaspersky 6.0 (http://www.kaspersky.com/trials), & uninstall Mcafee.
Also scan your PC for viruses, worms, trojans, spyware. I also recommend that you
install a good firewall like ZoneAlarm ( www.zonelabs.com).

[anandk]

even i feel mcafee is creating a startup problem. disable it from the startup and c if it is the cause. y dont u try avg or avast freeware instead ?