computer frequently freezes temporarily

[Guest]

im having a problem. For some reason, sometimes my computer may freeze
temporarily for about 15 seconds, and then unfreezes. a few moments later, it
freezes temporarily again, then it unfreezes again seconds later. When it
freezes temporarily, the cursor itself freezes too. restarting the computer
fixes the problem, but then the problem returns later as im using the
computer. im not sure where this problem is coming from, but it seems to be
happening frequently now. i have also noticed that the problem occurs after
ive listened to an mp3 file, or if i opened up windows media player, or
played launchcast in my yahoo messenger, but im not sure. do you understand
my problem? any help would be greatly honored.

 

[Gerry]

Alex

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

How large is your hard disk and how much free space. Right click on
your C drive in Windows and select Properties to get this information.

What is your CPU processor speed? How much RAM memory? Right click on
your My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties to get
this information.

Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to
Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Also
select Start, All Programs, accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp,
More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest System
Restore point. Run Disk Defragmenter.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[JS]

You need to find the specific process or application that's freezes your PC
every so often.
You can do this with Windows Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del key), select the
Processes Tab,
Next, click on the CPU column twice, this should bring the System Idle
process to the top (as long as you are not using any other applications).
During the freeze you should another process float to or near the top of the
list.

For more exploratory detail download and try Process Explorer:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx

Once you have Process Explorer installed and running:
In the taskbar select View and check 'Show Process Tree' and 'Show Lower
Pane' options.
(This will provide the detailed info you need)
Next click on the CPU column to sort processes by %CPU usage.
Then click on the process of interest that's listed in the CPU % column,
once it's highlighted, right click and from the options listed select:
Search Online
This should display what out there on the web about that process.

Note: some entries like Explorer and svchost may need to be expanded to show
the detail,
(sub processes), in this case click on the + located to the left of the
entry.

JS

 

[Guest]

Im not really sure what the total of commit charge is, it keeps changing, but
the first digit was 3 when i checked and there are 6 digits. The limit is
1274176, and the peak is 381280. My hard disk is 145 GB. My free space is
43.3GB. My CPU processor speed is 2.80GHz. The Ram Memory is 512MB.

i did use disk cleanup, and i also ran disk defragmenter, and I still had
the same problem. Because of all of this, I have strong doubts that removing
all but the latest restore points is going to fix the problem, and i dont
want to remove the latest restore points. Now that i remmember, the problem
seems as if it started when i was playing a large mp3 file in some type of
mp3 player widget, and i had windows media player and internet explorer on at
the same time, but im still confused and this looks like a very ridiculous
reason for this problem to occur.