Computer problems?

Question

I hope someone knows how to fix this.

Ok so every now and then my computer will just freeze up and everything will stop moving, and it forces me to hold the power button for like 3 seconds to turn it off. Does anyone know how to stop these freezes? They've been going on for a while now, someone said that I need to defragment my hard drive but it didn't help. Does it have to deal with my hard drive or something...?

Answer 1

check your CPU fan to see if it's still working.. it could also be an over-heating issue.

Answer 2

There a several reasons why your computer is freezing. First question is when was the last time you cleaned your registry. Having a corrupted registry can cause a whole host of errors and problems. Freezing up is one of them. If you have a lot of unnecessary registry keys that are hogging up your computer resources. Your computer is bound to choke. Scan your registry with a good registry cleaner. If you pull up more than 20 errors or duplication, clean your registry.



2. Depending on your RAM specs and your computer usage. This could also be a the issue. Having an insufficient amount of free space does not allow your RAM to function properly. If you are using a lot of RAM by net surfing or other activities without enough empty space your will get freezes. You don't need to buy new RAM but you should increase your free space by removing unnecessary data and perhaps increasing your virtual memory. The below link will show you how.



3. Spyware could be the culprit, so do a scan and see if your computer is infected.



4. That last area is a hardware drivers. This could be the problem if new hardware has been added to the system. So, the drivers should still be up to date. So try the first two suggestion and see if you can get your computer to stop freezing.

Check your drivers. Hope this helps.



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Answer 3

May be u r attacked by some deadly viruses. Try using some good antiviruses and antispywares like norton internet security, superantispyware etc. But I prefer u to format ur xp drive. Bcs these antiviruses delete the viruses and their tracks but usually machines dont come back fully to previous state, it will still give u trouble. So, restart in safe mode, back up the files u need from xp drive and then format.

Answer 4

#1 cause of problems like freeze ups, popups, slow performance is spyware/malware.



Try running a spyware remover and virus checker.



If a particular application freezes, try reloading that application.

Answer 5

try to use the system restore, restore it the day before the problem occur.

the better and easiest way is to reinstall your operating system. finding the origin of the problem will take more time than reinstalling your OS. but frst you need to back up all your important files.

Answer 6

It can be many things depending on what you are doing upon the time of the crash. It could be from faulty video/sound card, or other parts on the motherboard dying.