>-----Original Message-----
>this is aproblem that has only existed for the last
month
>or so. my computer freezes frequently and does not
>respond at all, forcing me to switch it off and reboot.
i
>ahve cleared all temp files. checked disk and performed
>all other utilites i can find. the machine ahs been
>infected with RPC virus twice over the course of lhe
last
>month. plz can some1 help
>ps i have formatted hard drive reinstalled windows too,
>tho i was infected by virus again not long after
>.
>
I would think that after being infected by the blaster
once you would have taken steps to prevent it a second
time it is really quite easy to stop.
Troubleshooting Computer Lockups (Freezes)
Many readers write each week with a similar problem:
their computers periodically lock up or "freeze," so that
the mouse and keyboard won't function and nothing can be
done for a period of time (sometimes the system unlocks
after a while; in other cases you have to reboot). This
is a common problem but not an easy one to diagnose
because it has so many causes. It's like a person going
to the doctor with the complaint of a cough; the problem
could be a cold, an allergy, a substance stuck in the
throat, cancer, pneumonia, tuberculosis, etc. Here are
some common causes of lockups:
Software incompatibility
Hardware incompatibility or incorrect device driver
Bad RAM
Video card problems
Dying power supply
Processor getting too hot
The first step in diagnosing the problem is to keep a
journal showing exactly what you were doing each time the
system froze. This can help you spot patterns - for
example, if the lockup occurs when you try to print, or
whenever you play a sound, that suggests a problem with
the specific hardware device or its software driver.
Heat, bad RAM or a power supply that's about to give out
are more likely if the lockups are random
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