Windows XP Pro (version 2002, service pack 3) installed at factory on Dell Vostro 1510, new 1.5 years ago, begin freezing at random about 2 weeks ago, cannot see any rhyme to freezing up but usually happens when I leave keyboard idle for a minute or 2, I usually have outlook 2007 open, quickbooks open, explorer 8 open, have always had updates turned on, made sure all updates downloded and installed, using AVG free antivirus 8.5.445 updated and working, have went to forums and I am not smart enough to find and match comments with this problem, have always used explorer (now updated to 8.0.6001.18792) it has a glitch now also (related?????), when I use it to search for typed in words as in "windows xp freeze" it will not search, says diagnose connection, if I open new tab and clik a favourite link, it goes to it as normal. If I go to, start, settings, control panel, administrative tools, event veiwer, I am not smart enough to make heads or tails of such, can you help? I just want to be able to use without crashes. Thanks!1 person got this answerI do too

Ok, I did the malwarebytes thing. Ran the scans and it chucked out some 10 items. No crashes or freezes last 27 hrs!Seems to have fixed the XP issue! Thanks!Did not fix the IE8 issue though. I asked new question in IE8 section. Working on it.

"Jerry 2010" wrote in message news:6cfa0398-23c6-417d-b9bd-bfe52eb78cf5...Ok, I did the malwarebytes thing. Ran the scans and it chucked out some 10 items. No crashes or freezes last 27 hrs!Seems to have fixed the XP issue! Thanks!Did not fix the IE8 issue though. I asked new question in IE8 section. Working on it.Glad it seems to have helped - good luck with the IE8 problem :) -- Noel Paton | Nil Carborundum Illegitemi | CrashFixPC | The Three-toed Sloth