What's with my task manager??

[Citizen Bleys]

1) I'm seeing repeated problems with something that the log calls the "Indexing Service," but I honestly don't know what that is--Perhaps it's some sort of third-party software on your computer? Whatever it is, it's messing around with your System Volume Information, which I believe has something to do with NTFS (It wasn't covered on the 2000 Pro or XP Pro certifications)

2) I'm also seeing repeated errors with a "TrueVector Engine," which I'm certain is third-party software of some sort. You may wish to try uninstalling and then reinstalling that.

3) Windows hit a pile of errors while installing Ragnarok Online; Perhaps that's what hosts the TrueVector image. I know that RO will run fine on Windows XP, though. A reinstall might fix the problem.

4) Almost every issue in your system log is with CiSvc; A lot of things in the Application log referred to Ci as the application that caused the problem as well.

There are a lot of error references to games, but for all I know, it might just be routine issues that aren't affecting this problem...can you name a specific date and time when you were having the issue? I can easily filter the data in those logs to look only for messages generated at that date and time, which might eliminate a lot of unrelated problems.

EDIT: Just after I hit submit, I kept on browsing and found this:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: MRxSmb
Event Category: None
Event ID: 8003
Date: 06/09/2003
Time: 4:07:12 PM
User: N/A
Computer: TYREAL
Description:
The master browser has received a server announcement from the computer KURTHEIST that believes that it is the master browser for the domain on transport NetBT_Tcpip_{D5A26B6D-573B-4EED. The master browser is stopping or an election is being forced.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

I found other messages referring to the "master browser"; There's no such thing in a Windows 2000 domain (There are precisely five FSMOs on a Windows 2000 domain, and I know all of them by name and function: The Schema Master, the Domain Naming master, the PDC Emulator, the RID Master, and the Infrastructure Master)...and besides, it doesn't seem likely that your PC (As the computer name and gaming-related messages seem to indicate) is joined to a domain at all; peer-to-peer workgroups suffice for any gaming/entertainment networking needs. That sounds to me like you're being hacked by somebody. That message refers to NetBT, which means NetBIOS over TCP/IP. NetBIOS is a depreciated, non-routable protocol that should be totally unnecessary unless you're supporting down-level (And we're talking Windows 3.11 and earlier here, since TCP/IP is installed by default on Windows 9x and up).

First step is to disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP. Go to your Network Connections (Control Panel -> Network and Internet Connections -> Network Connections), double-click your internet connection (probably the only Local Area Connection) select the TCP/IP protocol, and click "Properties"

Click "Advanced", and on the WINS tab, select the radio button that says "Disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP"

In case it helps you figure out who is trying to get at your computer, I'll list a couple more computer names from your System log:

HEY-D4D8JCIARI0
ELIZABETH
S0027563027
KRIZZER
VELOCITYMICRO
JEFFREY-F8MLJJA
YOUR-M5D4U9R2UV
PRES1500T
MCPHEETS
D4JKY131
CPQ64881869512
MARCIE
VALUED-A069BA8D
KUMELA
ALEX
DELLCOMP
AMS-K73BIP2ZYVM
2400MHZ
S0031785365