Why does my laptop keep on freezing at random moments?

Question

I have a Vaio FJ series laptop and I've had it for about a year now. About a month or two ago, it began freezing at the most random moments. Sometimes when I open internet explorer it freezes on me, sometimes when I want to play music it will freeze on me or when I open Microsoft Office Word. When I TURN IT ON, of all things, it will freeze on me, so I don't think it's over heating or anything. I've run scans for virus (I have Trend Mirco Antivirus), I have my firewall up, and I've run spyware scans too (spysweeper). I have a lot of space on it and don't have too many programs installed.

If someone could please tell me what's going on and how I can fix it, I would be grateful.

-Aki

Answer 1

According to your description,there are some regsitry errors and remnant,corrupt files and temp files in your computer to cause "computer freezing".You need to clean you computer.
Every time you install and uninstall hardware and software on your computer and surfing online you create junk in the registry cause "computer freezing".Unfortunately, over time, the registry can grow to enormous proportions, especially if the various programs you've installed do not do a good job of deleting and/or updating it's Registry entries.You need to scan and clean your computer with registry cleaner.Good Regisry Cleaner can fix computer freezing prominently.It also can improve your computer and Internet performance dramatically up to 300%!
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Answer 2

Could be overloaded RAM or poor connection if you and your laptop are far from the connection. I have 3 PCs. The main PC, with direct connection to cable, no problem. PC upstairs and around the corner, sometimes slips in and out and has a poor connection.

Try freeing up your memory as much as possible for openers. Here is my checklist:

Some helpful hints to avoid common mistakes:

- 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.
There is also a “Disable All” button.
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.)

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

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

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

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

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.
A good web site to visit: http://www.theonlinefamily.net/organize/spring_clean_computer/index.html

Answer 3

Take laptop to electronics store like Best Buy they have tools to sweep for viruses that your protection can't see or fix. Hope this is the answer you need.
PS;
Most times this check is free, or for very little money.

Answer 4

If your computer is not working properly while you are working on it, it could be a problem with device drivers, hardware or software.

Answer 5

it needs cleaning up. too many internet files on it.clear cookies and run scandisc.