computer keeps freezing?

Question

My computer keeps freezing every 10 minutes. I've de-fragged it, run a spyware scan and deleted all unused files. What else can i do?

Answer 1

Is the CPU fan working? If not, when the CPU heats up to a point, it generally has a failsafe mode. Intel chips generally fall back to a slower speed. AMD chips generally just halt all processing.

Answer 2

First thought that comes to my mind is that you are overloading your RAM. Here's my checklist for maintaining free memory:

1. Set wallpaper and screensavers to blank or none — they run continuously in the background and use memory.
-----right-click on the desktop, select Properties
-----click the screensaver tab, on the left where it says "screensaver," select none.
-----click the desktop tab, for background, select none
2. Review your start menu – remove anything you don’t need on a daily basis — load games, etc. on an as-needed basis.
-----click Start, Settings, Taskbar and Start Menu
-----click the Start Menu tab
-----select a program you do not want to load at Startup, then click remove.
-----Caution -- do not touch anything you are not sure of or you will mess up your computer royally.
3. From Internet Explorer, click Tools, Internet Options: delete cookies, delete files (offline), and clear history. (You can also set days to store history to 0.)
----- These actions will clear your computer’s cache. (For a description of cache, go to http://help.yahoo.com/l/ph/yahoo/mail/access/access-27210.html )
4. Run Disk Cleanup, Scandisk, Defrag at least every two weeks (the more frequently they are run, the less time they take).
-----These can be found in Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools.
5. Periodically, click Start, Programs, Run — then type ipconfig renew
(that’s ipconfig space renew).
6. Optional: Speed vs Goodies — in the Control Panel, System, Advanced, Performance, Settings — you can have visual effects or let Windows select the best options. I am using “Best Performance.” Your choice.
These things should increase speed and free up memory as much as possible.

Answer 3

Go into task manager, control-alt-delete and look at the tasks that are running under the processes tab, check the memory usage column and look for something that is using a lot of memory

Answer 4

Is it exactly 10 minutes? If so it sounds like a program doing something. Possibly checking for updates. I had this problem with Spamihilator when their website went down.

Check what you have running to see if one of them is set to do something every 10 minutes such as check mail or check for updates.

Answer 5

most virus are spread through IE. IE is not a safe browser. you should use a more secure browser to protect your PC from virus.

i recommand you to use firefox with Google toolbar. firefox can block any any popup and disable any virus and adware, spyware on webpage, so, firefox is much safer than IE browser. as you know, most of virus spread throught internet and webpage.

besides, firefox is much smaller than IE, so it run faster than IE.

download firefox for free, Just have a try:

http://www.securebrowser.info/firefox/

Good Luck !!!

Answer 6

Need more data, what are you doing when it starts freezing up. One thing that will make a puter freeze up is to keep clicking on a link or function that is not opening fast enough for you.