Many Crashes (Netman, IMAPI)

> Windows XP SP1
> AMD 2700
> NForce 2 Deluxe (on board audio disabled in bios)
> 512 DDR400 (dual channel)
> ATI AIW 9700 pro
> Audigy 2
> 80 gig SATA
>
> My PC has been crashing in all games. It seemed to
> happen out of the blue on a PC that had otherwise worked
> very well. The crashing occures about five minutes into
> the game and can be a CTDD, a BSOD, or just a quick
> reboot. Event Viewer shows that Netman and IMAPI both
> try to launch at the time of the crashes but not all is
> well.
>
> "DCOM got error "The service database is locked. "
> attempting to start the service ImapiService with
> arguments "-Service" in order to run the server:"
>
> The same goes for Netman. ccPwdSvc would show the same
> error as well but has since been uninstalled.
>
> I've also noted 2 hours in the logged spammed with this
> error:
>
> "Product: Windows Operating System
> ID: 7023
> Source: Service Control Manager
> Version: 5.0
> Component: System Event Log
> Symbolic Name: EVENT_SERVICE_EXIT_FAILED
> Message: The %1 service terminated with the following
> error: %2"
>
> if anyone could offer assistence it would be great as
> this is driving me nuts.
>
> Something else, after the problems first appear, I
> reinstalled windows which made the problem go away. I
> then decided to just get a fresh start by dulling a full
> format and reinstall. The problems then returned. The
> first reinstall I mentioned included no patching or
> updating and I installed almost no software. My only
> guess is that some windows update or third party software
> is causing the trouble but I cannot begin to figure out
> which one.
>
> While I do not see "Netman" in services, I did
> disable "IMAPI" which did not stop the crashes but also
> stopped any errors from being reported in the log.
>
> Many thanks again!