Advise on diagnosing general freeze-ups in XP

[Guest aswollenstream]

Windows just today has begun to freeze up on me one to three hours after

booting up, for not apparent or consistent reason that I can deduce. This

has happened three times. I un-installed one program that I had installed

recently, but it happened again after that. I am running Zone Alarm security

suite, so I don't suspect malware. I have also checked msconfig for anything

unusual, but found nothing. Can anyone suggest any diagnostic tools I might

try? Other steps? I know there must be hundreds of reasons why this might

be happening. In the past, I've just sucked it up and spent half a day

re-installing, but I thought I'd ask...

 

Thanks

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: Advise on diagnosing general freeze-ups in XP

 

Check the System Event log, looking for Red Icons that denote errors.

Click Start, Run ( Type ) EventVwr.Msc [ Enter ]

Sometimes it's best to clear the log, Reboot and then check. This way

you can see what is happening during a boot sequence.

 

System Freezes are hard to isolate since it can be most anything on the

PC or hardware itself. If the condition is recent, a System Restore to a

day or so before it began might be the simplest solution.

 

"aswollenstream" <aswollenstream@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:6C414FAB-4E18-4ECE-9590-ED6DAC0816EA@microsoft.com...

> Windows just today has begun to freeze up on me one to three hours after

> booting up, for not apparent or consistent reason that I can deduce. This

> has happened three times. I un-installed one program that I had installed

> recently, but it happened again after that. I am running Zone Alarm

> security

> suite, so I don't suspect malware. I have also checked msconfig for

> anything

> unusual, but found nothing. Can anyone suggest any diagnostic tools I

> might

> try? Other steps? I know there must be hundreds of reasons why this

> might

> be happening. In the past, I've just sucked it up and spent half a day

> re-installing, but I thought I'd ask...

>

> Thanks