-----Original Message-----
this is aproblem that has only existed for the last month
or so. my computer freezes frequently and does not
respond at all, forcing me to switch it off and reboot. i
ahve cleared all temp files. checked disk and performed
all other utilites i can find. the machine ahs been
infected with RPC virus twice over the course of lhe last
month. plz can some1 help
ps i have formatted hard drive reinstalled windows too,
tho i was infected by virus again not long after
.
I would think that after being infected by the blaster
once you would have taken steps to prevent it a second
time it is really quite easy to stop.
Troubleshooting Computer Lockups (Freezes)
Many readers write each week with a similar problem:
their computers periodically lock up or "freeze," so that
the mouse and keyboard won't function and nothing can be
done for a period of time (sometimes the system unlocks
after a while; in other cases you have to reboot). This
is a common problem but not an easy one to diagnose
because it has so many causes. It's like a person going
to the doctor with the complaint of a cough; the problem
could be a cold, an allergy, a substance stuck in the
throat, cancer, pneumonia, tuberculosis, etc. Here are
some common causes of lockups:
Software incompatibility
Hardware incompatibility or incorrect device driver
Bad RAM
Video card problems
Dying power supply
Processor getting too hot
The first step in diagnosing the problem is to keep a
journal showing exactly what you were doing each time the
system froze. This can help you spot patterns - for
example, if the lockup occurs when you try to print, or
whenever you play a sound, that suggests a problem with
the specific hardware device or its software driver.
Heat, bad RAM or a power supply that's about to give out
are more likely if the lockups are random
