what steps can i take to reduce the stalling and freezing on my computer?

Answer 1

Reduce the number of processes you have running right now, and the ones that start on boot...

Also, get rid of unused programs and defragment your hard drive regularly.

Answer 2

AntiSpyware watches for cookies and other malicious things put on your computer by websites that want to spy on you.

You should have Windows Defender. It is free from Microsoft and watches your system prevents programs from taking over your home page etc.

Go here to read about and get it - http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security...

Two other free programs you should get & run about once a week are Spybot and Adaware. They also are free and you can get them both here - http://www.download.com/

Increasing RAM will also help speed up your machine.

Answer 3

Use your factory start up disk only after you've saved your works on a floopy disk or data CD. It will erase everything, but your computer will be a lot faster.

Answer 4

Virus and adware scans, you can get some general "cleanup" software for free on the internet, free up some space, etc.

Answer 5

try using the restore disk to reinstall the operating system and software to its original state. That's the best solution (works every time).

Answer 6

increase RAM, get rid of adware and so on, defragment your hardrive and/or get rid of unwanted files if it is nearly full, if none of the above work, make a backup of the files you want to keep and format your hard drive to reinstall windows.

Answer 7

virus scanner... delete old items... delete old cookies and history.. also defragment that can help sometimes