PC Locking Up

[Lisa]

My PC in locking up several times a week. If I wait a few minutes, it always
responds but I don't know how to determine if the problem is my PC or my
server. I used road runner and my modem lights blink so the connection
appears good. If I call support they tell me there's no problem but by the
time I get them on the line, the PC is no longerb frozen. I do regular
maintenance on my PC. I run disk cleanup and defrag as well as Adaware,
Spybot, CCleaner, Spyblaster, and Windows Cleanup! Only a couple of
negligible objects ever appear in Adaware and I remove them. No trojans ever
appear. It up to date on Windows Updates. Can anyone provide tips on
isolating the problem? Thanks in advance.

AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3200+
120G
512 Ram
XP Home Edition

 

[Guest]

Actually the modem lights should stay solid at all times but 1,and that gives
you activity view.Either way,unplug the modem for 5 min. or so,this resets
it,you might also before doing that and before you exit xp,go to run,type:cmd
In cmd type:netsh Winsock reset After you get "A restart is needed"
type:EXIT
Shutdown,reset modem.For other questions on lock up,open event viewer for
details with the OS.....

 

[Lisa]

Thanks! I'll give it a try.

Actually the modem lights should stay solid at all times but 1,and that
gives
you activity view.Either way,unplug the modem for 5 min. or so,this resets
it,you might also before doing that and before you exit xp,go to
run,type:cmd
In cmd type:netsh Winsock reset After you get "A restart is needed"
type:EXIT
Shutdown,reset modem.For other questions on lock up,open event viewer for
details with the OS.....