Freezing XP

[Andrew]

We have a Compaq desktop bought in 2000 with a Duron
700Mhz chip running Windows XP a clean install from ME.
With the advent of the Sasser worm I upgraded my Norton
AntiVirus and ran windows update successfully. Since that
time XP will freeze without warning in any application.
Scanning the newsgroups I did the common things - ran
Adaware and Spybot, scanned for viruses and defragged the
hard drive. The latter two never completed because of
freezing. I un-installed the windows update (but kept up
the firewall) with no benefit (so I re-installed it). I
re-installed Norton. Nothing. Still freezing. I
upgraded all my drivers, which also didn't help. So I
broke down and re-installed windows and cleared out my
hard drive (total 15GB - 8 GB used). Still (!)
freezing. There is no error message, the computer just
stops responding. Task manager won't even come up. Now
I would say that this is because the machine is starting
to "show its age", but it started with the Windows
hotfix/Norton update. Since re-installing windows and
Norton I have ensured there are no viruses and the drive
is optimized. Any clues? Is this the end of the
machine. Thanks in advance.

 

[Guest]

Hi

Seems to be some defect in the display adapters on your computer since that is the primary source for your display

Try removing the drivers for your display adapter and re-instal it again

Regard
M. Rajes
..Net and Windows Shell MV
www.winxpsolution.co

----- Andrew wrote: ----

We have a Compaq desktop bought in 2000 with a Duron
700Mhz chip running Windows XP a clean install from ME.
With the advent of the Sasser worm I upgraded my Norton
AntiVirus and ran windows update successfully. Since that
time XP will freeze without warning in any application.
Scanning the newsgroups I did the common things - ran
Adaware and Spybot, scanned for viruses and defragged the
hard drive. The latter two never completed because of
freezing. I un-installed the windows update (but kept up
the firewall) with no benefit (so I re-installed it). I
re-installed Norton. Nothing. Still freezing. I
upgraded all my drivers, which also didn't help. So I
broke down and re-installed windows and cleared out my
hard drive (total 15GB - 8 GB used). Still (!)
freezing. There is no error message, the computer just
stops responding. Task manager won't even come up. Now
I would say that this is because the machine is starting
to "show its age", but it started with the Windows
hotfix/Norton update. Since re-installing windows and
Norton I have ensured there are no viruses and the drive
is optimized. Any clues? Is this the end of the
machine. Thanks in advance