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nope it all freezes, can still move the mouse, but if you right click it just starts the loading animation. alt-cntrl-del dosent bring up options while its in that state. hitting the windows button brings up the template of the start menu, but no active buttons to click. also i tried leaving it in its unresponsve state over night, and awoke to it just as i left it. laptop dosent feel hot so i dont believe it to be a overheating problem.

hi all im running windows vista home premium on my toshiba satellite p200 laptop a few weeks ago and since forth, it has started to freeze up and become unresponsive after about half an hour if it is left unattended/ watcjing a movie etc. i assumed it was a power saving/ screen saver issue but cant locate the problem. this is resulting in me having to hold the power button down to turn off, whitch i really hate doing. im just getting hold of some diagnostic tools ( speedfan/hijackit etc) so if any additional info is needed please ask.

thanks for all the help guys, ill pick one up and report back on how it all went.

Windows® XP Home (Full Product) is the full retail version i was going to put on. sorry about the confusion, id seen the term oem thrown about and assumed it was the correct term to use. (corrected by RandyL)

nope, the oem is new hologram coa originally got it when i got my vista laptop just in case i dident like it. it seems that the cdrom drive can be removed as ive googled around and seen some that have sold, cant find any around nz at the moment though, still looking. only network i have admin rights too are my home networks, set up through a dlink g604t using 4 port ethernet, or wireless. im gussing that i cant just use a simple crossover connection for this then? i maybe able to take it to work and set it up on there network if required. -for the record i did a system restore using alt+f10 (was called Erecovery or something simular, what ever acer has built in) when i did this there was 3 options all with language settings (unfortunatly all written in french) i picked all the english settings but to no avail. cheers in advance

Hiya all any help on this would be appreciated ! My ex partner has a acer travelmate 4150, problems start with the fact that it was bought in France, hence windows is all in french. (i dont understand french) Thought i would just do a clean install, using a windows os xp disk i no longer use, but the second problem is that the cd/dvd drive isnt working. device manager says nothings wrong with the drive, and ive tried to update the driver ( i think it was successfull) It makes a disturbing noise when trying to read anything and then gives up, ex partner is aware that the drive might not be fixable, so im only worried about it if i absolutly need it for the clean installation. i dont currently have access to a usb cd/dvd drive (working on that) and i dont fancy reformatting my external HDD (1tb seagate,modded) Now I assume i should be able to boot through a lan network (correct me if im wrong.... and if im not some advice wouldent hurt, as ive never attempted it before) ive done a factory restore,so no personal data If any more info is needed just request it, ill try and help but understanding/translating it could be a problem recap: -> changing the language though windows would be great -> i need OS changed to english from french (currently xp Family edition, sp3) -> would really help if disk drive worked (cant boot install disk) Cheers in advance