Computer freezes

[ash]

You are not the one I have the same problem and I found
out that it's explorer.exe eating all the memory. Some
time it comes back and some time it just goes on and on
till the computer is dead.A possible memory leak in the
process.
Result of bad engineering :(
I also don't know where to go.

>-----Original Message-----
>Since installing windows xp my cursor is constantly
>freezing. Then the computer has to be shut off and
>restarted. I can get online help from one of the
>professionals on line, but it cost me $25 each time. I
am
>about to go broke paying them. The fix they do only
slows
>the problem down for a couple of weeks, then it isn't
>uncommon for the computer to freeze three or four times
>an hour.
>
>Any help I can get for this problem will be greately
>appreciated.
>.
>

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"ash" > wrote in message >...
> You are not the one I have the same problem and I found
> out that it's explorer.exe eating all the memory. Some
> time it comes back and some time it just goes on and on
> till the computer is dead.A possible memory leak in the
> process.
> Result of bad engineering :(
> I also don't know where to go.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Since installing windows xp my cursor is constantly
> >freezing. Then the computer has to be shut off and
> >restarted. I can get online help from one of the
> >professionals on line, but it cost me $25 each time. I
> am
> >about to go broke paying them. The fix they do only
> slows
> >the problem down for a couple of weeks, then it isn't
> >uncommon for the computer to freeze three or four times
> >an hour.
> >
> >Any help I can get for this problem will be greately
> >appreciated.
> >.
> >

Not sure if anyone mentioned it, but I have seen advanced power
management in the BIOS settings cause lockups. Also make sure power
mgmt is turned off in Display properties in windows along with
hibernate as I have seen these cause this too. I would upgrade Directx
and video drivers as well. And like someone said, re-seat the video
card too.
As has been mentioned, I would also tend to lean toward hardware
issues. I have seen one PC that had a similar problem when I installed
XP Pro on it. I had to change video cards and had to update the Video
bridge(i think). His XP machine would lock up at all different events
until I did this. Now it works fine.
I also have noticed that XP can be picky about memory when installing
certain updates, maybe your memory chip(s)are faulty , but you did not
notice any problems until you got XP. (This one is probably a very,
very long shot).

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