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Hi, in need of some help as I am at my wits end.
I am running an amd duron 700mhz processor with about 256 RAM, Nvidia TNT graphics and a generic (read: cheap) pci sound card.
I installed windows xp onto this machine and reduced ALL the visual effects down to "best performance" then installed norton 2003 and updated it, then installed spybot and ALL the updates for windows xp.
It's been purring like a kitten for 2 days and all of a sudden yesterday it started to HANG and then freeze. I have no spyware, I have performed a full virus check, the power saving options are off, the screensaver is a system saver not downloaded or third party.
Yet still (normally after a period of inactivity of 20 minutes or more) the computer will FREEZE dead, i cant move the mouse, or ctrl+alt+del, or press the windows key to access the start menu. The only way out of it is to restart, and then it starts all over again after any period of inactivity.
I have read a lot of the forum answers to this but this is becoming a pain in the backside. The system specs have been running XP fine for days and all of a sudden this happens. I recently updated my webcam drivers from the creative site, and performed a windows update yesterday, but other than that, I really can't think of what may have triggered this freezing. Please help, I do not want to have to reformat the drive and reinstall EVERYTHING again just to have the same problem occuor.
I have looked in the system error log, but not being of ADVANCED technical knowledge I can't even tell what I'm looking for.
I am running an amd duron 700mhz processor with about 256 RAM, Nvidia TNT graphics and a generic (read: cheap) pci sound card.
I installed windows xp onto this machine and reduced ALL the visual effects down to "best performance" then installed norton 2003 and updated it, then installed spybot and ALL the updates for windows xp.
It's been purring like a kitten for 2 days and all of a sudden yesterday it started to HANG and then freeze. I have no spyware, I have performed a full virus check, the power saving options are off, the screensaver is a system saver not downloaded or third party.
Yet still (normally after a period of inactivity of 20 minutes or more) the computer will FREEZE dead, i cant move the mouse, or ctrl+alt+del, or press the windows key to access the start menu. The only way out of it is to restart, and then it starts all over again after any period of inactivity.
I have read a lot of the forum answers to this but this is becoming a pain in the backside. The system specs have been running XP fine for days and all of a sudden this happens. I recently updated my webcam drivers from the creative site, and performed a windows update yesterday, but other than that, I really can't think of what may have triggered this freezing. Please help, I do not want to have to reformat the drive and reinstall EVERYTHING again just to have the same problem occuor.
I have looked in the system error log, but not being of ADVANCED technical knowledge I can't even tell what I'm looking for.