Greetings. I'm back moaning about my computer. I'm on Athlon XP2000+ with Windows XPpro and SP3. It keeps freezing up any time, anywhere, whatever I'm doing, either browsing Internet or opening a folder on the desktop, and even at startup and shutdown. Spend more time watching it start up. Defragged it yesterday and cleared the event viewer. Checked all the devices and all are working properly and their drivers are up to date. And I have Avast running and have also scanned it with no result. None of this has made any difference. It still freezes. But nothing shows in the event viewer. Just loads of information about services being started up. Repeated many times because of me resetting. So maybe it's not a Windows thing. It tells me my motherboard is working properly. And now I'm stumped. I don't know enough about symptons of computer sickness to even guess what's wrong. Help.1 person needs an answerI do too

Could be anything from hardware fail to virus,overclock too many programs running at the same time.Hard to tell without seeing the machine in action.Try these programs and they might help.The first is a good bug detector.The second is a good uninstaller but has a unique utility.When you download it and run it click tools then autorun manager.This will show you what is running at startup.You can select any you don't need at startup and remove it.It doesn't kill the program,just doesn't come on at startup.The third is a good cleaning utility,fixes issues with performance and registry.I run it every day at startup and keeps on top of defrag without time delay as well.Hope this helps.http://www.malwarebytes.org/http://download.cnet.com/Revo-Uninstaller/3000-2096_4-10687648.htmlhttp://download.cnet.com/Advanced-SystemCare-Free/3000-2086_4-10407614.htmlPS.They are free.

Hi MH, I'm not trying to hijack your thread - but I was looking around to see if anyone else was showing similar symptoms that I am having with my PC. My thread is titled:Slow Performance that improves when Task Manager is open. Do any of the things I have noticed match what you are seeing? If so - we may have some commonality with a cause. I've just updated my list of 'things going wrong' - do they compare to your issue? Rgds, JaseAS

If your system stops responding, hangs or freezes and you can't figure out why, you can force a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) which will create a crash dump file that contains what is currently loaded into memory that you can analyze and see what is running at the point of the freeze and get some ideas that do not involve guesswork.While it may seem odd to think about purposefully causing a Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD), Microsoft includes such a provision in Windows XP. The feature is built in to XP specifically to diagnose the problem and help you figure out why the system stops responding.Actually knowing the cause of the problem eliminates trying things, guessing what it might be, what it could be or what might be happening maybe.If you are using the power button, pulling the plug or removing the battery to get your system running again, you need to stop doing that or you will be back with a new topic titled:My system will not boot and I see this message:Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEMUsually when the system hangs and you have to reboot the system to get running again, there will be no clue about the problem in the Event Viewer logs, but you can sure look.Here's how to force your system to create a BSOD:First make sure your system is not set to automatically restart on a system failure.Right click My Computer, Properties, Advanced, Startup and Recovery, Settings.In the System failure section:Put a check mark in the "Write an event to the system log" boxPut a check mark in the "Send an administrative alert" boxUncheck the "Automatically restart" boxIn the Write debugging information section, choose:Small memory dump (64 KB)Set the Small dump directory to:%SystemRoot%\MinidumpClick OK twice to save the settings.Now enable the XP feature to generate a crash dump on demand.Before making registry changes, backup your registry with this popular free and easy to use tool:http://www.snapfiles.com/get/erunt.htmlFor PS/2 keyboards, launch the Registry Editor (Start, Run, regedit.exe) and navigate to:HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\ParametersFor USB keyboards, launch the registry editor (Start, Run, regedit.exe) and navigate to:HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\kbdhid\ParametersClick Edit, select New DWORD Value and name the new value:CrashOnCtrlScrollDouble-click the CrashOnCtrlScroll DWORD Value, type 1 in the Value Data text box to enable thefeature, and click OK. Close the Registry Editor and restart Windows XP for the changes to take effect.When you want to cause a BSOD (when your system has stopped responding), press and hold down the [Ctrl] key on the right side of your keyboard, and then tap the [ScrollLock] key twice. Now you should see the BSOD and you will have a crash dump file to analyze.You may not see the information about your problem on the BSOD screen, but you will find the answer in the crash dump file. You may need help interpreting your crash dump file if you have never seen one before.You can read about the feature here:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff545499.aspxThere is no harm in leaving the feature enabled (mine is always on), but if you are compelled to remove it, just undo the change you made in the registry.Launch the Registry Editor (Start, Run, regedit.exe) and navigate to:HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters orHKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\kbdhid\ParametersSelect the CrashOnCtrlScroll value, click the Edit menu, and select the Delete command. Close the Registry Editor and restart Windows XP. Go ahead and test the new manual crash dump on demand feature to be sure it works as expected, then wait for the system to hang again.Do, or do not. There is no try.I need YOUR votes and points for helpful replies and Propose as Answers. I am saving up for a pony!

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use anyone of these links and try an online virus scanning...most probably a virus have done the problem..also use any registry repair software to clean your registry !!!http://www.bitdefender.com/scanner/online/free.htmlhttp://security.symantec.com/sscv6/WelcomePage.asphttp://www.kaspersky.com/virusscannerhttp://home.mcafee.com/store/Product.aspx?productid=mss