Any way to find out why my pc hangs?

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I'm running XP. My pc hangs quite a bit, particularly when I'm playing avi files or when my son goes online to certain sites to play games. Whenever the pc freezes, if I'm playing something with audio, a loud buzz emanates from the speakers until I press the reset button. Sometimes, like today, I rebooted the pc and left it sitting for a few hours while I went to do something else. Nothing had been used on the pc between reboot time and the time I went to use it, but the pc was frozen. The standard windows screen saver was stuck in the same position and all I could do was reboot. It's now getting to the point where I have to press the reset button several times a day. I've run hardware diagnostics, upgraded my bios and applied every patch or newest driver to everything I have and it still hasn't helped. Is there anything I can run or turn on in diagnostic mode that will capture something to help me figure out why my pc is hanging all the time?
 
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I'm running XP. My pc hangs quite a bit, particularly
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when I'm playing avi files or when my son goes online to
certain sites to play games. Whenever the pc freezes, if
I'm playing something with audio, a loud buzz emanates
from the speakers until I press the reset button.
Sometimes, like today, I rebooted the pc and left it
sitting for a few hours while I went to do something
else. Nothing had been used on the pc between reboot
time and the time I went to use it, but the pc was
frozen. The standard windows screen saver was stuck in
the same position and all I could do was reboot. It's
now getting to the point where I have to press the reset
button several times a day. I've run hardware
diagnostics, upgraded my bios and applied every patch or
newest driver to everything I have and it still hasn't
helped. Is there anything I can run or turn on in
diagnostic mode that will capture something to help me
figure out why my pc is hanging all the time?
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My first guess would be your indexing service,it has a
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tendacy to do this.I disabled it over a year ago with no
problems.Check out this site.

http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm
 
Well the only time I ever had that problem had to do with the processor
overheating. Of course depending on where you are that seems an unlikely
possibility this season...


dgray10567 said:
I'm running XP. My pc hangs quite a bit, particularly when I'm playing
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avi files or when my son goes online to certain sites to play games.
Whenever the pc freezes, if I'm playing something with audio, a loud buzz
emanates from the speakers until I press the reset button. Sometimes, like
today, I rebooted the pc and left it sitting for a few hours while I went to
do something else. Nothing had been used on the pc between reboot time and
the time I went to use it, but the pc was frozen. The standard windows
screen saver was stuck in the same position and all I could do was reboot.
It's now getting to the point where I have to press the reset button several
times a day. I've run hardware diagnostics, upgraded my bios and applied
every patch or newest driver to everything I have and it still hasn't
helped. Is there anything I can run or turn on in diagnostic mode that will
capture something to help me figure out why my pc is hanging all the time?
 
I'm running XP. My pc hangs quite a bit, particularly when I'm playing avi files or when my son goes online to certain sites to play games. Whenever the pc freezes, if I'm playing something with audio, a loud buzz emanates from the speakers until I press the reset button. Sometimes, like today, I rebooted the pc and left it sitting for a few hours while I went to do something else. Nothing had been used on the pc between reboot time and the time I went to use it, but the pc was frozen. The standard windows screen saver was stuck in the same position and all I could do was reboot. It's now getting to the point where I have to press the reset button several times a day. I've run hardware diagnostics, upgraded my bios and applied every patch or newest driver to everything I have and it still hasn't helped. Is there anything I can run or turn on in diagnostic mode that will capture something to help me figure out why my pc is hanging all the time?
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IIWY, I'd do a thorough virus and spyware scan.

Try a virus scan online:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Check for spyware. Get Spybot S&D and HijackThis (both free), with
help from SWI Forums. Start here for instructions:
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=5187

Cheers,

Chuck
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