Laptop XP freeze up

[Guest]

My Inspiron 8000 laptop running XP Pro has started to freeze. The cursor and clock freezes but the keyboard buffer will accept a few more characters. It lasts about 20+ seconds and sometimes freezes a second time right after the first. The clock catches up when it returns. It can happen a few times a day or many. Virus checked 2 days ago and removed generic trojan. No sign since then. Seems to happen mostly when using the cursor movement plate. Checked event log many times. Sometimes I get an i804prt ring buffer overflow error, but not every time. I increased the buffer capacity but it made no difference.

Any ideas?

 

[Guest]

It COULD be a spyware problem. If you haven't done so, I would recommend running Spybot and Adaware. Both are freeware programs. I had a similar problem with freeze ups although I never had the buffer overflow that you mentioned.