KLW
December 12th 03, 11:20 PM
>-----Original Message-----
>I have a HP ZE1250 Laptop w/an AMD Athlon XP 1700,
>wireless network card, and wireless keyboard/mouse. For
>some time now (even before installing the keyboard/mouse
>and/or wireless network), my computer hangs up at random
>times/places but does so guaranteed in less than an
>hour. When I say hangs up, I mean the screen stops any
>and all animation that was present, ctrl-alt-delete
>doesn't work, no keys on the keyboard work and the mouse
>does not move. In addition, the cooling fan comes on
and
>I have to shut down manually using the power button. On
>restart, the computer doesn't even know anything odd
>happened as I get no 'incorrect system shutdown' error
>message or prompt to begin a scandisk. Also, I recently
>installed Norton Anti-virus and it cannon complete a
full
>system scan without hanging up the computer. I've tried
>about 16 times now and this is an absolute hangup causer
>(although at different parts of the virus scan each
>time). I've got all critical updates installed, and all
>service packs from the windows update page. One more
>thing: installing new software also seems to cause the
>hangups more frequently. I'd rather not re-format. Any
>ideas? Where should I start?
>
>Thanks,
>Dave
>.
>Dave,
I had updated all new stuff from MS then my pc started
acting very slow. I finally figured out to try the system
restore and I think it worked. I just went back a few
days before the latest service pack was loaded. Hope this
helps
KLW
>I have a HP ZE1250 Laptop w/an AMD Athlon XP 1700,
>wireless network card, and wireless keyboard/mouse. For
>some time now (even before installing the keyboard/mouse
>and/or wireless network), my computer hangs up at random
>times/places but does so guaranteed in less than an
>hour. When I say hangs up, I mean the screen stops any
>and all animation that was present, ctrl-alt-delete
>doesn't work, no keys on the keyboard work and the mouse
>does not move. In addition, the cooling fan comes on
and
>I have to shut down manually using the power button. On
>restart, the computer doesn't even know anything odd
>happened as I get no 'incorrect system shutdown' error
>message or prompt to begin a scandisk. Also, I recently
>installed Norton Anti-virus and it cannon complete a
full
>system scan without hanging up the computer. I've tried
>about 16 times now and this is an absolute hangup causer
>(although at different parts of the virus scan each
>time). I've got all critical updates installed, and all
>service packs from the windows update page. One more
>thing: installing new software also seems to cause the
>hangups more frequently. I'd rather not re-format. Any
>ideas? Where should I start?
>
>Thanks,
>Dave
>.
>Dave,
I had updated all new stuff from MS then my pc started
acting very slow. I finally figured out to try the system
restore and I think it worked. I just went back a few
days before the latest service pack was loaded. Hope this
helps
KLW