XP Home Freeze-ups

[Paul]

I have been running Win. Xp Home Edition for about 1 year
now and had no troubles at all.But for some unknown
reason about 2 weeks ago my laptop just kept freezing up
on me.I tried to use System Restore but that wouldnt work
properly,so I did a full reboot figuring I might have
downloaded a virus or messed up a config.But to my dismay
when I restarted the laptop it is still having the freeze-
ups.(I'm figuring it may have to do with the
updates...but not to sure about that)Any help would be
truely appreciated...Thank You

[Gerry Cornell]

Paul

Have you looked in Event Viewer for error messages?=20

1. To open Event Viewer, click Start, click Control Panel, double-click =
Administrative Tools, double-click Event Viewer and select System for =
system errors or Application for application errors. Look for Error in =
the Type column and double click on Error to reveal a Description of the =
error. This can be copied by using Clipboard Viewer (see later).
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2. Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you =
should double click for further information and you can copy using copy =
and paste.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

3. For some errors you will find "+ Related Knowledge Base Article", =
which if double clicked takes you to the Knowledge Base Article =
containing a suggested solution.

There always seems to be a step 2 but not always a step 3.=20

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports (Step 1). Run Event Viewer and =
double click on the error you want to copy. In the window which appears =
is a button resembling two pages. Double click the button and close =
Event Viewer. Now start your message ( email )and do a paste into the =
body of the message. This will paste the info from the Event Viewer =
Error Report complete with links into the message. Make sure this is the =
first paste after exiting from Event Viewer. It can be helpful to place =
a shortcut to Event Viewer on your Desktop.

Download Adaware from http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/ and =
use it to remove parasites.

What is the size of your hard disk and how much free space? Is it =
partitioned?

How good is your housekeeping?

1. In Outlook Express empty your Deleted Items folder.

2. In Outlook Express run File, Folder, Compact All whilst OFFLINE.

3. Remove Temporary Internet Files by selecting Start, Settings, Control =
Panel, Internet Options, General tab, Delete Files and check box for =
"Delete all offline content".

4. Empty Recycle Bin.

5. Run Disk Defragmenter.=20
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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"Paul" > wrote in message =
...
> I have been running Win. Xp Home Edition for about 1 year=20
> now and had no troubles at all.But for some unknown=20
> reason about 2 weeks ago my laptop just kept freezing up=20
> on me.I tried to use System Restore but that wouldnt work=20
> properly,so I did a full reboot figuring I might have=20
> downloaded a virus or messed up a config.But to my dismay=20
> when I restarted the laptop it is still having the freeze-
> ups.(I'm figuring it may have to do with the=20
> updates...but not to sure about that)Any help would be=20
> truely appreciated...Thank You