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re: Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000'
Friday, October 4, 2002 at 7:21 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by d sanford
(1 messages posted)
Since XP is a memory hog it could be that you are running out of memory. With many
programs running sometimes memory can get overloaded. Right click your task bar and
pull up the task manager just to see what is running and how much memory is being
used by each. If possible see how many programs that begin on start-up. There's a
free utility called Fresh Diagnose that will benchmark your memory as well as other
components in your system. It's avaible at Fresh Devices. Good luck!
On Thursday, October 3, 2002 at 9:32 pm, Jodi wrote:
>Hi.
>
>I am running XP home edition on a Gateway system w/ 1.5 GHz P4, 128 RAM, less than
>a year old, came with XP installed. In the past month, sometimes when I leave my
>computer on for several hours without use, it is frozen when I return - not regularly,
>though. sometimes 3 times in a day, then good for a week or more. I have found
that
>after a few minutes, the screensaver come back on, and sometimes the taskbar reallears
>as well, but nothing else. The only option for restarting is the reset button.
>I have tried to uninstall all software I have added in the past month with no luck
>and also tried reinstalling XP. I also have virus software (Norton Corporate Edition)
>which I update and run weekly, so the problem being virus related is slim. Also,
>I read about others thinking that they are overheating - I doubt that as well,
since
>this seems to be a recent issue, and I had no problems in the hottest months of
the
>summer.
>
>Any other ideas?
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