Vista is freezing up on me...

[Guest]

Hello,

I am currently running Vista Home Premium 32-bit. I've been installing
updates and other software on my computer, but at random times Vista has
frozen up on me. At that point I have to restart my computer manually. Is
there something that I can do that will fix my computer? I've installed
every update for it, but it still isn't working. I would rather not have to
reinstall the entire Windows Vista again, but that looks like the only option
I have left.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

V/r,
Benjamin

 

[Guest]

Go into Device Manager and check that all your hardware drivers are up to date.

 

[Guest]

Go to Start and type in "perfmon.msc" (without the quotes) and press Enter.
Then click on the Reliability Monitor in the left hand pane. Scroll through
the list of errors to see if you can find anything significant.

Also, you can go to Start and type in "eventvwr.msc" (without the quotes)
and press Enter, then click on Windows Logs, then click on both the System
and the Application log files - scroll through them to find other errors.

- John

 

[Guest]

Awesome! I noticed that one error continuously pops up. It says that "ACPI
BIOS does not contain an IRQ for the device in PCI slot 7, function 0.
Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance." Also, another
one that pops up says "the driver detected a controller error on
\device\cdrom0" and "the device \device\cdrom0, has a bad block."

Do you think either one of these could cause the freeze ups?

 

[Guest]

Hi Benjamin,

When you next start your system, press the appropriate key (usually Del) to
enter your BIOS. You might need to change a setting in your BIOS, usually
Clear Configuration Data or similar, see your motherboard manual for details.
In the appropriate setup tab, select your cdrom and make sure that the
detection is set to automatic. Finally, check your time and date settings in
the BIOS. Do they maintain the correct settings? Try setting them to the
correct settings, save the BIOS configuration and then turn off your machine.
Disconnect from the mains power supply. Wait 15 minutes and then reboot into
the BIOS. If the time and date is incorrect, then you might need to replace
the battery on your motherboard. Check your motherboard manual for details on
how to do this.
Dwarf