Freeze

[Richard Braun]

My XP Home edition with SP2 on a Compaq Presario desktop will freeze on
occasion; sometimes during startup at the XP screen, sometimes on standby.
It's quite random, and rarely at the same exact spot. Pressing ctr-alt-del
does nothing. It's been suggested that the computer might be overheating, so
I cleaned the dust out of the case and made sure that all three fans are
operating, but it did not cure the hang/freeze problem. I also shut down
screen savers and auto standby functions, and disabled all unnecessary
startup programs/processes, to no avail. Any other ideas out there?
Richard

 

[db ´¯`·.. >]

perhaps it is a
program checking
for something on
the net like mail, updates,
etc.... and simply
stalls your system
while checking.

further, if the above
is occurring while
there is no active
internet connection
then you system may
stall until the program
figures it out and
releases your
system.