computer freezes

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. What is the Total, the Commit Charge and the Peak?

How large is your hard disk and how much free space. Right click on
your C drive in Windows and select Properties to get this information.

What is your CPU processor speed? How much RAM memory? Right click on
your My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties to get
this information.

How does the slow performance occur in terms of during start up,
immediately after start up or all the time? Does it occur more when
using particular programmes? If yes name the programmes.

You may find it helpful to know exactly how much of your pagefile is
being used. Use page file monitor to observe what is the peak usage.
Start it to run immediately after start-up and look at the log at the
end of the session.The log is Pagefile log.txt. If you right click on
the file in Windows Explorer and select Send to, Desktop (Create
Shortcut). The same applies to XP_PageFileMon.exe.

A small utility to monitor pagefile usage:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm

Note programs using undo features particularly those associated with
graphics and photo editing require large amounts of memory so if you
use this type of programme check these first observing how the page
usage increases when they start and whether the usage decreases when
you close the programme.

You should remove the side panels on the box and check that the fans
are working. Look in the Manual for a diagram showing their location.
If not working the computer can overheat causing memory problems. Dust
can also be a problem. The best way to remove dust is to use an Air
Duster (Compressed Air in a can) available from large computer
stores).

--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~




rt10516 wrote:
> Recently my computer started to freeze randomly. This occurs in any
> program (IE6&7, Outlook, Excel, etc) as well as during start-up when
> I enter my password. Sometimes it freezes relatively soon after
> starting and other times I can use if for an hour or so before it
> locks up.
>
> I do not get any error messages; it just stops responding to any
> keystrokes. I have to unplug and remove the battery (it's a laptop)
> to restart.
>
> I have Windows XP with SP2. I thought this might be due to IE 7,
> which I rencently installed, so I uninstalled it but that did not
> help. I have not installed any other programs recently. I have
> current virus SW and spyware that did not find any issues.
>
> Please help
>
> Thanks
> Robert

Hi Gerry,

Thanks for the advice. Here is the info you asked about
Commit Charge total 394924 Limit 1437724 Peak 556596
Physical Memory total 489904 Available 138916 System Cache 213628

HDD is 92.9GB with 32.1 GB free space. Intel Pentium(r)M 1.60 Ghz

The computer doesn't really run slow when it is working. At times, it just
freezes and there is no error message and none of the keys or mouse works.

I tried to log file and XP_PageFileMon.exe but a search of ALL folders does
not find them on my computer.

Like I said, everything seems to work fine until it freezes. I'll try to
clean it as suggested by FreeComputerConsultant.com

thanks


"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

>
> Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
> Tab. What is the Total, the Commit Charge and the Peak?
>
> How large is your hard disk and how much free space. Right click on
> your C drive in Windows and select Properties to get this information.
>
> What is your CPU processor speed? How much RAM memory? Right click on
> your My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties to get
> this information.
>
> How does the slow performance occur in terms of during start up,
> immediately after start up or all the time? Does it occur more when
> using particular programmes? If yes name the programmes.
>
> You may find it helpful to know exactly how much of your pagefile is
> being used. Use page file monitor to observe what is the peak usage.
> Start it to run immediately after start-up and look at the log at the
> end of the session.The log is Pagefile log.txt. If you right click on
> the file in Windows Explorer and select Send to, Desktop (Create
> Shortcut). The same applies to XP_PageFileMon.exe.
>
> A small utility to monitor pagefile usage:
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm
>
> Note programs using undo features particularly those associated with
> graphics and photo editing require large amounts of memory so if you
> use this type of programme check these first observing how the page
> usage increases when they start and whether the usage decreases when
> you close the programme.
>
> You should remove the side panels on the box and check that the fans
> are working. Look in the Manual for a diagram showing their location.
> If not working the computer can overheat causing memory problems. Dust
> can also be a problem. The best way to remove dust is to use an Air
> Duster (Compressed Air in a can) available from large computer
> stores).
>
> --
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>
>
> rt10516 wrote:
> > Recently my computer started to freeze randomly. This occurs in any
> > program (IE6&7, Outlook, Excel, etc) as well as during start-up when
> > I enter my password. Sometimes it freezes relatively soon after
> > starting and other times I can use if for an hour or so before it
> > locks up.
> >
> > I do not get any error messages; it just stops responding to any
> > keystrokes. I have to unplug and remove the battery (it's a laptop)
> > to restart.
> >
> > I have Windows XP with SP2. I thought this might be due to IE 7,
> > which I rencently installed, so I uninstalled it but that did not
> > help. I have not installed any other programs recently. I have
> > current virus SW and spyware that did not find any issues.
> >
> > Please help
> >
> > Thanks
> > Robert
>
>

How much RAM?

You need to download and install Pagefile Monitor to be able to run
it!

You should remove the side panels on the box and check that the fans
are working. Look in the Manual for a diagram showing their location.
If not working the computer can overheat causing memory problems. Dust
can also be a problem. The best way to remove dust is to use an Air
Duster (Compressed Air in a can) available from large computer
stores).

What are your anti-virus and ant-spyware arrangements?


--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


rt10516 wrote:
> Hi Gerry,
>
> Thanks for the advice. Here is the info you asked about
> Commit Charge total 394924 Limit 1437724 Peak 556596
> Physical Memory total 489904 Available 138916 System Cache 213628
>
> HDD is 92.9GB with 32.1 GB free space. Intel Pentium(r)M 1.60 Ghz
>
> The computer doesn't really run slow when it is working. At
> times, it just freezes and there is no error message and none of
> the keys or mouse works.
>
> I tried to log file and XP_PageFileMon.exe but a search of ALL
> folders does not find them on my computer.
>
> Like I said, everything seems to work fine until it freezes. I'll
> try to clean it as suggested by FreeComputerConsultant.com
>
> thanks
>
>
> "Gerry Cornell" wrote:
>
>>
>> Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the
>> Performance Tab. What is the Total, the Commit Charge and the
>> Peak?
>>
>> How large is your hard disk and how much free space. Right click
>> on your C drive in Windows and select Properties to get this
>> information.
>>
>> What is your CPU processor speed? How much RAM memory? Right
>> click on your My Computer icon on your Desktop and select
>> Properties to get this information.
>>
>> How does the slow performance occur in terms of during start up,
>> immediately after start up or all the time? Does it occur more
>> when using particular programmes? If yes name the programmes.
>>
>> You may find it helpful to know exactly how much of your
>> pagefile is being used. Use page file monitor to observe what is
>> the peak usage. Start it to run immediately after start-up and
>> look at the log at the end of the session.The log is Pagefile
>> log.txt. If you right click on the file in Windows Explorer and
>> select Send to, Desktop (Create Shortcut). The same applies to
>> XP_PageFileMon.exe.
>>
>> A small utility to monitor pagefile usage:
>> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm
>>
>> Note programs using undo features particularly those associated
>> with graphics and photo editing require large amounts of memory
>> so if you use this type of programme check these first
>> observing how the page usage increases when they start and
>> whether the usage decreases when you close the programme.
>>
>> You should remove the side panels on the box and check that the
>> fans are working. Look in the Manual for a diagram showing their
>> location. If not working the computer can overheat causing
>> memory problems. Dust can also be a problem. The best way to
>> remove dust is to use an Air Duster (Compressed Air in a can)
>> available from large computer stores).
>>
>> --
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~
>> FCA
>> Stourport, England
>> Enquire, plan and execute
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> rt10516 wrote:
>>> Recently my computer started to freeze randomly. This occurs in
>>> any program (IE6&7, Outlook, Excel, etc) as well as during
>>> start-up when I enter my password. Sometimes it freezes
>>> relatively soon after starting and other times I can use if for
>>> an hour or so before it locks up.
>>>
>>> I do not get any error messages; it just stops responding to any
>>> keystrokes. I have to unplug and remove the battery (it's a
>>> laptop) to restart.
>>>
>>> I have Windows XP with SP2. I thought this might be due to IE 7,
>>> which I rencently installed, so I uninstalled it but that did
>>> not help. I have not installed any other programs recently. I
>>> have current virus SW and spyware that did not find any issues.
>>>
>>> Please help
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Robert