Windows XP Freezes

[Guest RN_EMSEMT]

Just reinstalled XP and am now noticing that XP will freeze occasionally

without warning. At first, I noticed it when I tried to view a PDF document

but corrected that by upgrading my Adobe reader. Now, I can run most

programs (except MS Flight Sim X) without it locking up. The only way I can

reproduce this is by "right-clicking" on either a desktop icon or on a drive

icon under "My Computer". I can right-click within every program I have

tried thus far but if I right click on any disk icon or file for that matter,

the entire system freezes . . . the submenu will appear and the pointer will

stay just that (no hour glass). The only way to reset this is to power off

the computer.

 

I have all of the latest MS XP updates installed (including SP2) and even

updated my video driver and audio drivers in an effort to correct the

problem. I have also downloaded the latest Intel Chipset drivers and

installed them along with a different mouse driver. I also reseated the

memory just for fun but no luck.

 

Any thoughts, assistance, or prayers would be greatly appreciated. I am

prepared to do wipe clean my HD and resinstall XP again, but wanted to try

this option first.

 

Thanks.

 

Rob

[Guest Daave]

Re: Windows XP Freezes

 

RN_EMSEMT wrote:

> Just reinstalled XP and am now noticing that XP will freeze

> occasionally without warning. At first, I noticed it when I tried to

> view a PDF document but corrected that by upgrading my Adobe reader.

> Now, I can run most programs (except MS Flight Sim X) without it

> locking up. The only way I can reproduce this is by "right-clicking"

> on either a desktop icon or on a drive icon under "My Computer". I

> can right-click within every program I have tried thus far but if I

> right click on any disk icon or file for that matter, the entire

> system freezes . . . the submenu will appear and the pointer will

> stay just that (no hour glass). The only way to reset this is to

> power off the computer.

>

> I have all of the latest MS XP updates installed (including SP2) and

> even updated my video driver and audio drivers in an effort to

> correct the problem. I have also downloaded the latest Intel Chipset

> drivers and installed them along with a different mouse driver. I

> also reseated the memory just for fun but no luck.

>

> Any thoughts, assistance, or prayers would be greatly appreciated. I

> am prepared to do wipe clean my HD and resinstall XP again, but

> wanted to try this option first.

 

Have a look here:

 

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics/msg/927e9bc244ec89d5