XP Pro freezing constantly

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dustie

hi all

I've had my PC running Windows XP Pro for just over a year and never had any
major problems with it until now. It keeps freezing up for no apparent
reason. I've scanned the system using AdAware and SpyBot and I have the
free edition of Anti-Virus-Guard, yet nothing seems to be wrong.

Any ideas?
 
I have exactly the same thing happening to my computer, as does another
friend too.

This has only started happening since I downloaded the last Windows Updates
from Microsoft.

The computer freezes for about 5 minutes then goes again. I have checked the
CPU usage and, during a freeze, the CPU is pushed to 100% capacity with just
one program pushing it to 98%.

The program varies each time and I don't think it is the program that is at
fault, but something in the recent Windows updates.

Anyone else have this problem????

Garry
 
Look in the Event Viewer for corresponding error messages at the time of
system freezes. What is running at the time of these freezes ? Have you
installed any new software or hardware prior to the freeze problem ? Jym
 
Hi Jym.

Mate I am installing quite a few programs as I have just installed a new
Hard Disk and am slowly putting everything back on it.

At the time it started running slow it was immediately after running Windows
Update.

This is now the 2nd time this has happened as, last time, I just scrapped
windows and started again with a fresh install.
That fixed the problem until I ran the last of the updates again.

It must have something to do with that???

Garry
 
Can you use System Restore to revert back to a time where the updates were
not installed ? Jym
 
Jym said:
Can you use System Restore to revert back to a time where the updates were
not installed ? Jym
Click to expand...

I tried doing that Jym, but when I do it says System restore can not go back
to the date.

I am ready to just re-install Windows XP again and not do the updates.

Garry
 
hi all

I'm STILL saddled with the same problem and it's driving me nuts now. I've
found it seems to be the net connection that keeps freezing up. For
example, I can be in the middle of an MSN chat and I'm typing loads and it's
seemingly "sending" ok. Then about five minutes later it'll "unplug" and
all my messages will arrive at the other end - and i'll get messages from
the other person saying "hello?" "you still there?".

Also when downloading stuff it'll just pause for 5-10 minutes before
resuming...

Argh, is a reload the only solution to this?

Event Viewer has got lots of instances of the following errors (but these
never seem to occur at the same time as the freezes):

The MySql service failed to start due to the following error:
The system cannot find the path specified.

The dev5_ap1 service failed to start due to the following error:
The system cannot find the path specified.

The dev5_ap2 service failed to start due to the following error:
The system cannot find the path specified.

Hanging application msnmsgr.exe, version 6.2.0.137, hang module hungapp,
version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000.

Hanging application IEXPLORE.EXE, version 6.0.2800.1106, hang module
hungapp, version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000.

Hanging application btdownloadgui.exe, version 0.0.0.0, hang module hungapp,
version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000.
 
Based on the crash messages I was seeing earlier, I suspect your
network drivers may be at fault. See if there are updated drivers for
your network device. I had this exact problem myself for a while and
it turned out that a lot of simultaneous up/downloading with the older
(buggier) network drivers was killing the system.
 
Based on the crash messages I was seeing earlier, I suspect your
network drivers may be at fault. See if there are updated drivers for
your network device. I had this exact problem myself for a while and
it turned out that a lot of simultaneous up/downloading with the older
(buggier) network drivers was killing the system.
Click to expand...

Network device? Forgive me for being so thick but I'm not sure what you
mean....
 
Based on the crash messages I was seeing earlier, I suspect your
network drivers may be at fault. See if there are updated drivers for
your network device. I had this exact problem myself for a while and
it turned out that a lot of simultaneous up/downloading with the older
(buggier) network drivers was killing the system.
Click to expand...

ok, i think i've updated the network drivers with the "pro2kxpm.exe" file i
got from Intel. It hasn't made one scrap of difference though... any other
ideas?
 
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