laptop keeps freezing?

Question

freezes for a few secs then frees up and then freezes again and so on...even during start up it freezes..won't keep track of time during freezing..what could be the problem? Thank You

Answer 1

You have bunch of start-up starting up at different or same time. You must disable them.

It is either caused by too much installation and uninstallation of programs.

To disable startups,
1) Go to start
2) Go to Run...
3) Type in "msconfig"
4) Click on Startup tab
5) Click "Disable all" button
6) Check all (tick) boxes which the startup item location that contains the word: "HKCU\" or "HKLU\"
7) Click "OK"
8) Restart computer
9) After restarted, a notification will pops up about you have made changes to System Configuration Utility. Check the box which says do not notify this message again and click OK

Answer 2

There a several reasons why your computer is freezing. First question is when was the last time you cleaned your registry. Having a corrupted registry can cause a whole host of errors and problems. Freezing up is one of them. If you have a lot of unnecessary registry keys that are hogging up your computer resources. Your computer is bound to choke. Scan your registry with a good registry cleaner. If you pull up more than 20 errors or duplication, clean your registry.

2. Depending on your RAM specs and your computer usage. This could also be a the issue. Having an insufficient amount of free space does not allow your RAM to function properly. If you are using a lot of RAM by net surfing or other activities without enough empty space your will get freezes. You don't need to buy new RAM but you should increase your free space by removing unnecessary data and perhaps increasing your virtual memory. The below link will show you how.

3. Spyware could be the culprit, so do a scan and see if your computer is infected.

4. That last area is a hardware drivers. This could be the problem if new hardware has been added to the system. So, the drivers should still be up to date. So try the first two suggestion and see if you can get your computer to stop freezing.
Check your drivers. Hope this helps.

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Answer 3

Hi. This can be a symptom of too much running in the background or overheating of the CPU. Answer 1 (although its pretty drastic to stop ALL processes) may help, but I would download a temperature monitoring program such as SpeedFan http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php and if the temp gets too high (much over 50C). If so then a good cleaning may be in order. Also always run the laptop on a hard surface to keep the vents from being blocked. I use a breadboard.