screen freezes after a few minutes of use

[Lynn]

I have 3 computers networked together in my home. One on
XP Professional ( IBM 2276 512MB memory ), Windows 98 (
Dell 300) & one on XP Home Edition (Toshiba Satelite Pro
M15 - wireless). Lately my IBM has been freezing after a
few minutes. I am able to access the drive with the other
computers. But I must just shut it off & and bring it
back up. I tried switching monitors & mice & power strips.
I am in the safe mode and so far so good. I tried restore
as well. Help!!!!!! PS this is my first time in a
newsgroup. Lynn (e-mail address removed)

 

[Paul B T Hodges]

Hey Lynn,

Welcome! It may be your first post, I'm sure it won't be your last

Have you added any new hardware, other than swapping the keyboard and mouse?

Have you updated any drivers or software recently, or installed any new
programs ?

I'd suspect a video mouse or keyboard driver but you never know !

Try running sigverif to check for unsigned drivers

start/run
sigverif

Best Wishes

Paul

 

[hankd744]

..

You may have a virus that got past your anti-virus
program. There is one that can get by and disable your
anti-virus program. Go to the Norton anti-virus web-site
and get a scan from there. "www.symantec.com" Put in a
search phrase about screen lockup. It will give you some
freq asked questions and answers. And possibly some
solutions. Along with a fix.

Good luck

 

[Paul B T Hodges]

Hey Lynn,

What may be a useful troubleshooting aid, is accessing the frozen system
from one of the other pcs on your network

On the ibm system, go into control panel/system/remote
and enable remote desktop access if its not already enabled.

The next time the IBM locks up, try logging into it from the system running
xp home,

start/all programs/accssories/communications/remoter desktop connection
(I assume this is in xp home), or download a remote desktop client and
install on the windows 98 sytstem
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/rdclientdl.asp

If you can log in to the ibm while the screen is frozen, and work normally
then it probably is a keyboard/mouse/video related lockup.
While your connected remotely, have a look in task manger to see if anything
is hogging the cpu

Paul