Windows Xp home locks up at startup

[Scott]

Please help,
Windows XP home locks up from time to time at startup and
shutdown, I have scanned and found no viruses, Ran disk
management and defragmenter, have minimal programs running,
and only on user logged into the system at a time.
2 GHZ celeron
256 MB memory

Thanks

 

[Tee]

Please help,
Windows XP home locks up from time to time at startup and
shutdown, I have scanned and found no viruses, Ran disk
management and defragmenter, have minimal programs running,
and only on user logged into the system at a time.
2 GHZ celeron
256 MB memory

Have you tried repairing the installation by using the cd, powering off &
then back on? I'd recommend upgrading your ram if possible. There's no
such thing as too much ram but too little can contribute to, or cause,
problems.

 

[Brennan]

-----Original Message-----
Please help,
Windows XP home locks up from time to time at startup and
shutdown, I have scanned and found no viruses, Ran disk
management and defragmenter, have minimal programs running,
and only on user logged into the system at a time.
2 GHZ celeron
256 MB memory

Thanks

.
Try downloading the newest bios for your motherboard(that

correspond to your Motherboard version). I used to
experience similair difficulties, but downloading the bios
for my motherboard version seemed to fix it.

 

[Guest]

Low transfat and low carb diet for your pc or How to optimize Windows XP for the best performance

http://www.rikhard.com (link in the middle

Always keep antivirus and spy removal applications (links on the bottom of the page) up-to-date, and scan regularly.

 

[Travis King]

Make sure that you don't have any hardware or programs that are conflicting
or not functioning properly. Also, make sure that you don't have corrupt
files.

Low transfat and low carb diet for your pc or How to optimize Windows XP for the best performance:

http://www.rikhard.com (link in the middle)

Always keep antivirus and spy removal applications (links on the bottom of

the page) up-to-date, and scan regularly.

 

[Dale May]

-----Original Message-----
Please help,
Windows XP home locks up from time to time at startup and
shutdown, I have scanned and found no viruses, Ran disk
management and defragmenter, have minimal programs running,
and only on user logged into the system at a time.
2 GHZ celeron
256 MB memory

Thanks

What I think you do is to go to start>run>msconfig>startup
Go down and delete each of the programs one at a time to
find out which program in start-up is causing the problem
check task manager (ctr alta delete) to find any programs
running and then the process tab to see if one program is
taking up more bandwith than is correct.
if that fails go to www.expert-exchange.com and help is
only points away.
d_may