AboutShot Expertise I can answer most questions concerning Microsoft operating systems from DOS through Windows 2003. Hardware or software questions welcome. This is what I do for a living, and I love it! So instead of giving extra to Uncle Sam, I decided to give a little for free. Fire away!
Experience I have been working with computers for over 20 years, currently hold a full time job as a Network Administrator for large financial institution, and run my own PC/Network consulting company since 1998.
Education/Credentials Microsoft Certified;
Novell Certified;
Comptia A Certified;
IBM Certified Business Partner in Desktops/Laptops/Servers;
HP Certified Technician Desktops/Laptops/Servers;
Toshiba Authorized Service Technician;
Question My computer freezes randomly, even if I only have 1 window open, it is 1GB. Here is what has been done to combat the problem.
-Rebooted the computer back to original state
-Have external drive instead of saving on computer
-Cleaned out the fan, so there is no over heating
I am running Wind. Xp, I have owned it since 04'. The only thing I have not done is change the battery, but I always leave it plug in while using. I do not know what else to do but throw the thing of the roof. Any suggestions as to why it would be freezing? Thank you!
Answer Hi Jason, I can't say for sure yet what's causing it to freeze, could be several things, including the overheating you mentioned. To know if the CPU is overheating, you really need to run some sort of temperature monitor. Some of them are free, like SpeedFan available here http://www.softpedia.com/get/Windows-Widgets/System-Utilities/SpeedFan-Temperatu...
It could also be bad memory, or a bad hard drive. To troubleshoot those, you could download the Ultimate Boot CD from www.UltimateBootCD.com boot from the CD and run some diagnostics. That should narrow it down a bit.
