Re: System Freeze

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 09/07/04 

Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 16:38:02 -0700

Hi R. C.

Mouse cursor, keyboard do not work. Drive is not spinning.
Yes, I am sure it is frozen, have waited as long as 1
hour.

Ctrl+Alt+Delete does respond, cannot view processor.

Cindy
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi, Cindy.
>
>First, define "freeze" in your case. Does the mouse
cursor move? Does the
>keyboard work? Can you hear the hard drive spinning?
>
>Are you sure it's frozen? Many times it's just very
busy working on
>something in the background and doesn't have time to
update the screen. How
>long have you waited for it - seconds, minutes, hours?
>
>When it freezes, does it respond to Ctrl+Alt+Del? (You
may have to give it
>several seconds to pop up its window.) Do any of the
Programs show as Not
>Responding? On the Processes tab, click the header of
the CPU column once
>or twice to get the list sorted by the percentage of CPU
time being used by
>each process; what does the top line say?
>
>RC
>--
>R. C. White, CPA
>San Marcos, TX
>rc@corridor.net
>Microsoft Windows MVP
>
>"Cindy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:789301c49509$00e57ae0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> Does anyone have information on how to get your system
>> not to freeze? Mine is freezes up when I am running
virus
>> scan and also during on line sessions
>
>.
>

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