windows xp pro. freeze?
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you may have to many processes running in the background press Ctrl+Alt+del and see how many processes are running for a computer with 256 ram 27 processes is the most you should have running\n\nuse system mechanic "startup guard" and block some non important tasks
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probably spware adware or virus, you need to get adaware, spybot, and an antivirus, try booting in safe mode and see if it lets you in and then clean it up. If it just started, and you can get into safe mode, use system restore ti a day before it happened, if al that fails, the boot off of your xpp cd, and the second time it askes you to repair wwindows, say yes, and it will do a non=destructive repair of your file system. You won't lose any files or settings that way. and then rum the above programs
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Freezes up all the time.
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Go into msconfig and turn off programs that you don't need to start when Windows does.\n\nAlso scan for viruses and spyware.\n\nClean out temporary files, use disk cleanup and defrag
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Are you using windows XP? If so, forgive the caps, GET SOME F'ING MORE RAM! Windows XP REQUIRES at least 256 MB of Ram, you should have at least 1 gig If you want to run anything serious. \n\nAlso, you can try doing this through Safe Mode, or in the dos prompt, and it should have no problem completing in that case. But for the love of God, get more ram.
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Question:\nWindows freezes or stops responding frequently.\n\nCause:\nThis issue could be caused by any of the below possibilities.\n   1. Software related issue.\n   2. Driver related issue.\n   3. Operating system related issue.\n   4. Heat related issue.\n   5. Hardware issue.\n   6. Serious issue with Windows\n   7. Hardware failure.\n\n-See source links for more information
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To prevent the trojan from freezing the Start button and Taskbar, try booting into Windows XP using the safe mode.  This website will tell you how to boot into the safe mode:\n\nhttp://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315222\n\nAfter doing so, try using anti-virus software such as Norton, McAfee, or AVG to detect the clean the trojan.  Most of the above software should be able to detect the trojan.
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Increase your RAM to 512MB. XP Pro requires that much memory. The hard drive is plenty big.
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Naah...not the fan...First of all..why did U reinstall XP?\nFor a CPU like that...256ram is kinda low...get atleast a gig for a good speed!\nU might have some harware issues...look at all the drivers installed...Then check the IRQs...there might be some conflict which is taking up resources!\nHope this helps!
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have u run an antispyware and an antivirus program by any chance? might be malware/virus, etc...\n\nif not that, then could it be perhaps the way u r connecting to the internet...depends on if u have dialup,broadband,cable,T1,etc...???  \n\nr u having a conflict in some of the programs downloaded on your pc???  \n\nalso, do u notice if ur pc freezes up on certain sites or is it just random... how often does it freeze up? how long are u on the web b4 it freezes up? do u remember what exactly u were doing at the point of it freezing up? is there a pattern to it?  \n\ncould be lots of reasons...  start with some of the above, brainstorm, ...\n\nsome good sites i use are:\n\nbleepingcomputer.com\ncomputerhaven.com\nvideoprofessor.com...\n\ngood luck.let us know how things work out 4 u...
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what I would try is wipe your hard drive clean and install professional again. What I think is happening is there is some code in the compaq version of xp that explains why this is happening.
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I would try defragment, then reboot if that don't work try system restore
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some programs (virus software ) write to the disk constantly and as the task of disk defrag is to reassemble the parts of data on the HDD this means it will have to redo it again. that is i think what is causing the freeze. try stopping any constantly running software like antivirus software stop them and run the scan disk.this should work. if it does not it is likely dat u ha some virus on ur system.(or spyware)try scanning that out with NAV. then run it again.drop ina msg or chat if u have any more trouble.
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Try System Restore, and if that does not work, you have to buy the "Windows XP PRO, or Home Installation CD."
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when it happened to me, a program was the problem.i did a sys restore,all fixed.also try uninstall,restore,re install of any new programs. no easy solutions;doesn't hurt to try these.
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Maybe it isnt the screen freezing but the computer itself. I used to have this problem on my desktop. Regular maintainence was my answer. Try disc clean up and defrag. in that order. Also keep your temporary files down by continually cleaning them out. I also found that memory can cause this problem. If you are using Windows XP you need a min of 256MB RAM as XP uses close to the 128MB mark. 512MB RAM works very well.
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Although if you install XP you may still get the same problem, as I do on a regular basis.  Wait for Vista :)