why does my computer freeze?

Question

my computer goes through random freezing! to the point where it has to be shut down and rebooted cause you cant do nothing, and sometimes when you reboot it freezes agian before you even open any programs! It doesnt matter what site your on, or how many browser windows you have open, it even freezes without anything open!! any help would be great!!!

Answer 1

I would recommend doing some basic computer maintenance

http://uk.geocities.com/personel44/maintenance.html

Answer 2

I think you just need to do some maintance and cleaning.


A clean computer is key to a faster computer. Run the 3 scans below.

Update and run your Anti-Virus program. Don't have one? You can run a free online scan from CA.
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx


Download, update and run Spybot---http://www.safer-networking.org/ . Don't forget to use the Immunize feature.

Download, update and run Adaware---http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/products/select_your_product.php




Now lets clean up your registry.


Download RegScrubXP--http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?d...

Safely cleans junk out of the Windows 2000/XP system registry. All changes made to the registry are fully restorable to it's original condition. You can make an exclusion list of registry entries that RegScrubXP will not display as problems. You can sift through a list of file extensions, company names, run upon startup programs, Internet Explorer history, and uninstall programs to delete what you think is junk.

Download CleanUp---http://www.stevengould.org/software/clea...

Free disk space, make your computer run better/faster and protect your privacy - all in one easy solution. All for free!





Now lets clean up your disk.


Do a Disk Cleanup and Disk Defrag. You can find both of them by following the path below.
Start>all programs>accessories>system tools>Disk Cleanup. Let it do its thing. You can check every box that has something to delete.
Now follow the same path and do a Disk Defrag. Again just let it do its thing.




Now lets tweak your connection.


There are many programs out there to do this. I will give you 2 of them.
The first one is TCP Optimizer.

Description: The TCP Optimizer is a free, easy Windows program that provides an intuitive interface for tuning and optimizing your Internet connection. There is no installation required, just download and run.

http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php...

You can get support for the best way to set it up right from their forum http://forums.speedguide.net/

The second one is Cablenut.

Windows XP tested and approved

CableNut is a tool for optimizing your Internet Connection. We have provided a way to tweak any option you may want to in the adjuster. You can load "CableNut Custom Setting" files that are included with the program to tweak your Internet connection.

http://www.cablenut.com/

Again support is available right from their forum.http://www.broadbandnuts.com/index.php?p...




All programs are FREE!




After applying the suggestions above you will have a clean and faster computer. Enjoy.

Answer 3

U r in Quebec or Ontario or far north in Russia. So keep it warm and kiss gently then and there. Wrap with nice warm clothes.. what the heck... u r stoned. shut down everything and start with a clean bootable cd/floppy and clean with a genuine antivirus pack.

Answer 4

It could be an OS problem or a lack of sufficient RAM. Try reloading the Windows OS and if that doesn't work upgrade your RAM.

Answer 5

well.....i am a 13 yr computer genus but.. that is a hard one ummmm.....okay if yiou have a desk top the button that you presss to turn on is maybe green or blue whne it turns yelow you then you have to stop till it reutrns to your nomal color or maybe it that you have a viris that is freezing......try swipng your computer.....also if you have to much hardware like go to control pnel and delete unused hardware that also might help!!!!!!!