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Title: Computer will freeze
Post by: Jagee on October 08, 2005, 05:37:00 PM: If this is the wrong post im sorry,Im not sure where this Question should go.After my computer is running it will always freeze up on me and i have to reboot it.Nothing comes up to say what is wrong.And then i have to reboot.Im not sure what to call it.Thank you and God Bless
Title: Re: Computer will freeze
Post by: GX1_Man on October 08, 2005, 07:19:10 PM: How about some information to get some help?

Computer make/model
Video Card
RAM amount
Operating System
What adware/spyware/virus products do you use regularly
What happened before all of this started?
Is it related to any particular applications?

My clairvoyance is diminished lately.

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Title: Re: Computer will freeze
Post by: Jagee on October 11, 2005, 07:07:57 AM: HP 7920
Intel 82810 Graphics Controller
127 MB RAM
Windows ME
Bazooka, Spybot, Norton
Problem has been growing and is now happening several times a day.
All caches/history and temp files are cleaned, scan disk has been run and defrag has been done
Spybot is clean, as is bazooka and norton... norton doesn't do live update anymore... don't know if it is a program problem or computer program, it freezes during live update every time.
Does not appear to be associate with any particular activity, can happen online or just playing solitare.
I keep the task list to a minimum at all times.
(My brain is just about as frozen as the computer most of the time)
Thanks
Jagee's wife Teri
Title: Re: Computer will freeze
Post by: GX1_Man on October 11, 2005, 08:58:11 AM: If that ME has been on there a long time it may just be time for a format and reinstall. That solves all Windows problems (for a while, anyway).

:o :o :o :o :o :o

If the Norton ALWAYS malfunctions, it seems that needs to be uninstalled and reinstalled at the least, and that may not solve the problem.
Title: Re: Computer will freeze
Post by: Jagee on October 12, 2005, 06:50:15 AM: Everything was reinstalled but computer till wants to freeze up evry time.
Title: Re: Computer will freeze
Post by: Fed on October 12, 2005, 07:53:53 AM: Test your RAM http://www.memtest.org/
Title: Re: Computer will freeze
Post by: Jagee on October 13, 2005, 11:35:47 AM: Not a problem with the ram
Title: Re: Computer will freeze
Post by: oldpro21 on October 13, 2005, 11:51:41 AM: Windows ME freezing? Not surprised. Probably the worst version of windows ever made. I say get rid of it and use windows XP. It is much more stable.
Title: Re: Computer will freeze
Post by: GX1_Man on October 13, 2005, 12:03:11 PM: Quote
Everything was reinstalled but computer till wants to freeze up evry time.

I am assuming correct drivers and everything works fine EXCEPT that it "freezes" .

I would boot with a Linux Live CD if it was me to determine if it was hardware or some Windows aberration.

Go to www.knoppix.com and use the mirror near the end of the list at mirror.cs.wisc.edu. Although slow on 128 RAM it will extensively check the hardware and perhaps point you in the right direction.
Title: Re: Computer will freeze
Post by: merlin_2 on October 13, 2005, 04:48:58 PM: Bazooka, Spybot, Norton ? does norton come with the wime package? ? dont use bazooka?
Title: Re: Computer will freeze
Post by: Fed on October 14, 2005, 03:58:45 PM: Does it freeze in safe mode?
Title: Re: Computer will freeze
Post by: GX1_Man on October 14, 2005, 05:01:18 PM: Can you even get to safe mode? F8 for the unitiated.
Title: Re: Computer will freeze
Post by: David Sulewski on October 14, 2005, 06:58:22 PM: Yes it even freezes in safe mode
Title: Re: Computer will freeze
Post by: Jagee on October 14, 2005, 07:00:38 PM: Quote
Yes it even freezes in safe mode

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Title: Re: Computer will freeze
Post by: Fed on October 14, 2005, 07:46:14 PM: "Safe mode helps you diagnose problems. If a symptom does not reappear when you start in safe mode, you can eliminate the default settings and minimum device drivers as possible causes. If a newly added device or a changed driver is causing problems, you can use safe mode to remove the device or reverse the change."

Ergo, we must assume that there is a problem with the default settings (whatever that is supposed to be) or a minimum device driver.
Of course it could be a hardware problem too.

Is there any problems showing up in your Device Manager?
Title: Re: Computer will freeze
Post by: Jagee on October 15, 2005, 11:41:15 AM: device mgr checks out alright
Title: Re: Computer will freeze
Post by: merlin_2 on October 15, 2005, 11:57:48 AM: when does the hang/freeze occur?......all the time.....type scanreg/fix......in the msdos prompt......
Title: Re: Computer will freeze
Post by: Fed on October 15, 2005, 02:56:00 PM: Bazooka, Spybot & Norton could easily miss something.

Do these two scans just to be sure.

Free online virus scan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan.htm
Free online spyware scan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/spyxposer/com/spyxposer_principal.htm

Is your ME up to date?
Title: Re: Computer will freeze
Post by: Jagee on October 17, 2005, 09:32:15 AM: Last but not least i ran scanreg/fix and that seemed to have worked so far no more freeze ups,Thanks a bunch.