my computer keeps on freezing up.

[nreyes92]

Everyday at least 3 to 5 times a day it freezes. I have to wait 20 to 30 seconds for it to unfreeze... the way it freezes is that it won't let me move the courser or any possible hot key. I am running windows 98, pentiumII 400mhz, and 256 ram of memory...if anyone has any suggestions please reply..


thank You

 

[mark01]

Whats your hardware situation, like do you have cd-roms, scanners, or anything else hooked up to the parallel or serial ports? I have a cd-rom drive that will spin up, & for about 10-15 seconds, I have no control over my computer. So I just take the CD out of the drive when I don't this to happen. Scanners will make it so you can't use a lot of your computer while the scanner is running, if hooked to the parallel port.

 

[nreyes92]

I have a pc camera, printer, cd-rom, cdRW, floppy, speakers.
I have a pentiumII 400MHZ, 256Ram of memory and I am running Windows98.

 

[scoobydoo26]

do you get a blue screen? what are the error messages?

or does it stop responding? might be a faulty driver

 

[vktraam]

go to BIOS and set sefault options.

Bye
Vktraam

 

[smitee]

nreyes92

Next time it happens, Alt-Ctrl-Del to see what's running.
Often, when my cursor slows down or keyboard gets "sticky" I find something like (stimon)-(not responding) or others. You may also want to eliminate useless tasks from being enabled at startup.

A "shot in the dark"

GL

 

[ceh4702]

Could be an irq problem.

Sometimes a bad mouse can cause this problem. If you do not like my post feel free to point out your opinion or my errors.

 

[wvns]

The biggest problem I've come across in 95 through ME is temp files and reg setting. Whenever I come across a machine locking up I delete any temporary files I can get my mouse on. Then I run regclean 4.1a (availible on MS's site and others). It might be prudent to follow up with scandisk/defrag. Also, if you know your registry, check it for usless programs running in "Run" or "Run Services". Oh, also check your virus definitions and do a scan. I just had someone with Sircam that kills resources from the recycle bin. Hope it helps.

Scott