After sitting idle my Windows XP computer sometimes freezes and must be powered off to restart. Similarly, frequently after Windows Update runs and restarts, the computer freezes at the shutting down message, and has to be powered off. (Network Steve Forum)

After sitting idle my Windows XP computer sometimes freezes and must be powered off to restart. Similarly, frequently after Windows Update runs and restarts, the computer freezes at the shutting down message, and has to be powered off.

It doesn't seem to matter which, if any, programs are up and running at the time. When it freezes while idle, there is not even a monitor signal - no combination of keystrokes or mouse movements will bring it back. With the Windows Update freeze, the monitor come up when I press a key or move the mouse, but it's stuck at "windows is shutting down" and clearly has been for some time.8 people need an answerI do too

December 13th, 2009 6:07am

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