When my computer freezes it last about 40 seconds. I tried rebooting the computer, tried system restore. None of them helped.
2006-09-15 00:48:31 · 9 answers · asked by mickkooz 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Reinstall OS and try it out. Don't have too much icons in desktop. Clear the internet history files and temporary files. Free the space in the drive in which OS is installed.Even after these things, if problem persists, please contact hardware professional
2006-09-15 00:56:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are many reasons this can happen.
Disk corruption
File corruption
Virus
Spyware
Trojans
Hijack Bots
Registry corruption
Windows Repair
And many more...
Try all of these,
Double left click on My Computer
Right click on your disk drive
Left click on Properties
Left click on the Tools tab
Left click on Check Now, check both boxes, left click on Start,
then reboot your system. Be patient this will take some time.
Repeat to get to Tools then left click on Defragment Now, left click on Defragment. Be patient this will take some time.
Try all of these!
Free Security Analyizer:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsa2/default.mspx
Free Anti-virus:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
http://www.free-av.com/
http://www.trendmicro.com/hc_intro/default.asp
Free Spyware protection:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1 Get ewido!!!
http://www.safer-networking.org/
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
http://www.superantispyware.com/
Free Firewall:
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/trial_zaFamily/trial_zaFamily.jsp?dc=12bms&ctry=US&lang=en&lid=zaskulist_trial
http://www.comodogroup.com/products/personalfirewall.html
Window XP SP2 Firewall
Free Popup Blockers:
Internet Explorer in windows xp has one builtin.
Firefox has one builtin.
http://toolbar.google.com/
http://toolbar.yahoo.com/
Free Registry Repair:
http://www.download.com/Eusing-Free-Registry-Cleaner/3000-2094_4-10561828.html?tag=lst-0-9
Free Host File Protection:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
Windows XP Repair Installation
At some point you may need to repair the installation of Windows
XP. This is preferable to a clean install in many cases since it
attempts to only repair your copy of windows without having to
delete all the files on your computer first. In many cases a
repair installation is enough to fix the problem. A repair install
deletes the files normally installed by windows XP and then
reinstalls them off the disc. A repair install will not rebuild
your computer's registry, delete applications and user settings,
or fix problems caused being caused by a program.
1. First you have to boot the computer with the Windows XP cd in the cd tray. You will see a black screen and it will ask you
to press any key to boot from the cd so press the spacebar
and your computer will boot from the CD.
2. After a moment you will be taken to the Windows XP Setup
screen. Though the second option says to repair do not press
R. Instead press enter to select the setup for Windows XP.
3. Next, you have to accept the license agreement from windows. Once you've done that it will search for your existing
installation of windows.
4. Once it has finished detecting the installation you need to
select the XP installation you want to repair. You can repair
the installation by pressing R. If you don't see the repair
option you will need to do a clean installation. Your version
of windows may have been damaged in a way that it cannot carry out a repair.
5. Setup will then copy the files it needs to the hard drive and
reboot the computer. A message will come up asking you if you
want to boot from the cd, don't press any keys and just let
the timer run out. The set up will continue and look like is
doing a clean install but all of your applications and
settings will be intact when it finished.
An important note is to not activate your windows over the
internet right away. Always enable the XP firewall to protect
yourself.
If you need more help just let me know.
Have fun but be safe!
2006-09-15 01:15:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-27 00:17:50 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're lucky it only lasts 40 secs and surprisingly impatient that you restart it, and use system restore that soon after. Good luck with all that, it will happen more and more. For longer too.
2006-09-15 00:59:13 · answer #4 · answered by Mariah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds to me like you have a case of computer gremlins that have been feed after midnight!
Right little ratbags they are.
They cause computers to do weird and wonderful things.
2006-09-15 01:13:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do a disk scan.. I had an corrupted harddisk, and my computer freezed for a while too..
2006-09-15 00:58:39 · answer #6 · answered by zaphod 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think u might hav installed some heavy softwares. This could happen if u install oracle, visual studio, or hi definition 3D games, etc on a slow processor-based system...
2006-09-15 00:57:17 · answer #7 · answered by S@meeR 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you ever do disk cleanup or defrag your computer?
Delete your cookies, files & history.
2006-09-15 00:58:01 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get use to it. thats computers for ya!!
2006-09-15 00:54:06 · answer #9 · answered by tool0216 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋