Windows XP Freezes

[Guest]

Just reinstalled XP and am now noticing that XP will freeze occasionally
without warning. At first, I noticed it when I tried to view a PDF document
but corrected that by upgrading my Adobe reader. Now, I can run most
programs (except MS Flight Sim X) without it locking up. The only way I can
reproduce this is by "right-clicking" on either a desktop icon or on a drive
icon under "My Computer". I can right-click within every program I have
tried thus far but if I right click on any disk icon or file for that matter,
the entire system freezes . . . the submenu will appear and the pointer will
stay just that (no hour glass). The only way to reset this is to power off
the computer.

I have all of the latest MS XP updates installed (including SP2) and even
updated my video driver and audio drivers in an effort to correct the
problem. I have also downloaded the latest Intel Chipset drivers and
installed them along with a different mouse driver. I also reseated the
memory just for fun but no luck.

Any thoughts, assistance, or prayers would be greatly appreciated. I am
prepared to do wipe clean my HD and resinstall XP again, but wanted to try
this option first.

Thanks.

Rob

 

[Daave]

Just reinstalled XP and am now noticing that XP will freeze
occasionally without warning. At first, I noticed it when I tried to
view a PDF document but corrected that by upgrading my Adobe reader.
Now, I can run most programs (except MS Flight Sim X) without it
locking up. The only way I can reproduce this is by "right-clicking"
on either a desktop icon or on a drive icon under "My Computer". I
can right-click within every program I have tried thus far but if I
right click on any disk icon or file for that matter, the entire
system freezes . . . the submenu will appear and the pointer will
stay just that (no hour glass). The only way to reset this is to
power off the computer.

I have all of the latest MS XP updates installed (including SP2) and
even updated my video driver and audio drivers in an effort to
correct the problem. I have also downloaded the latest Intel Chipset
drivers and installed them along with a different mouse driver. I
also reseated the memory just for fun but no luck.

Any thoughts, assistance, or prayers would be greatly appreciated. I
am prepared to do wipe clean my HD and resinstall XP again, but
wanted to try this option first.

Have a look here:

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics/msg/927e9bc244ec89d5