my computer keeps freezing still?

Question

i have windows xp service pack 2 512mb ram 160 gb hard drive amd athlon xp 2600+ what the hell is wrong please someone help me

Answer 1

Check these very common items:

- Many users are not aware of how much RAM is used by wallpaper and/or a screensaver full of graphics. They run in the background and consume memory. (I have only 512mb RAM, run multiple programs simultaneously, and have set my wallpaper and screensaver to blank.)

I don’t do games, but I do know they are primarily graphics which need and use a lot of memory.

- How many programs do you load at startup? Maybe you should check it out and ensure you are running just what you need.
To do this: cl Start, cl Settings, cl Taskbar and Start Menu.
- cl Start Menu, cl Customize, cl Remove.
- cl the icon for the program you wish to remove
- then cl Remove.
- This will prevent the program from loading at startup, but will not remove the program from the hard disk.

- When you are working in a large file, save frequently to restore full memory access. (Your work remains in memory until you “save” it to disk.)

1. Did you run an error check? Open My Computer,
Right-cl on C:, Select Properties, Tools – Run an Error Check ( checkmark “check all and fix); then run a Defrag

2. Are you using Yahoo Toolbar? Run a full Norton Antispy.

3. From IE, click Tools, Internet Options
delete cookies
delete files (offline files)
clear history (set days to save to 0 if you want)
click o.k., and Restart

3. click Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools – run Disk Cleanup

4. click Start, Run ipconfig renew (type ipconfig space renew)

All these things should be done regularly. The more frequently they are run, the less time they take.
- Note: Games and videos are mostly graphics. Graphics create large files. If this doesn’t help, you should consider getting more memory.

Answer 2

Make sure you're not using many softwares that engulf your memory at once, it happens to me so many times. Video games, photoshop, Windows Messenger, Internet Explorer, iTunes and others are known for eating up your RAM. So try to limit the usage of all these at once.

If you're using Firefox 2, there's a possibility for you to decrease the cache of it so it wouldn't take up too much memory of yours. Simply, do the following:
+ type "about:config" in the address bar
+ in the "filter" field, type "cache"
+ you'll get a list of preferences, look for "browser.cache.disk.capacity"
+ double click it, and enter a lower value than the automatically set one.
+ restart browser

I really hope that would help. If you're not using firefox, you might want to consider using it for that option!

Answer 3

After reading all those different solutions, it befell to me that the challenge would ok have no longer something to do with the OS, viruses, or any of that different nonsense. merely positioned, it could be an issue such as what I had it sluggish in the past. i change into experiencing an identical hassles, the merely element i ought to do change into to close it down and examine out back later Lo and behold, i determined to get a higher hardchronic quicker or later, I put in it and the challenge disappeared. WHY? It seems that the challenge change into that the HDD change into at fault. A techie advised me after attempting out it, that a capacitor (a thingie that holds a can charge for a particular length of time) contained in the HDD change into no longer functioning and hence it change into overheating and closing itself down. answer: Get yet another HDD, deploy the OS, deploy all of your backups and/or reinstall any classes or video games you want. a great number of work, yet then again, a comp. is merely a chunk of hardware, it may and does destroy down by no fault of your man or woman. ;-)

Answer 4

windows xp s2 and amd anthlon? is having two possible?

im not sure, but my best bet would be to just re-format your comp

Answer 5

couldnt tell you from what you listed but adding more ram wouldnt hurt.

Answer 6

format and reinstall

Answer 7

I want to save this to my answers. Thanks.