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    Frequent System Hang

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by paradox7212, May 15, 2007.

  1. paradox7212

    paradox7212 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just formatted my laptop a few weeks ago and right now, my computer hangs every now and then and i have to force shutdown a few times each day..the reason for it to hang is unclear, i've checked for virus and harware faults but yield nothing...can anyone tell me why this is happening because i am afraid that fprce shutting down may damage my laptop? thanks....
     
    paradox7212, May 15, 2007
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  2. mujtaba

    mujtaba ZzzZzz Super Moderator

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    I suppose your OS is Windows XP.
    Have you tried re-installing the video drivers ?
    Did you install strange or old programs ?
     
    mujtaba, May 15, 2007
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  3. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    Did you quickly get all the patches and updates onto your machine when you reinstalled? Otherwise you might have caught a dose of worms as soon as you connected to the www.

    John
     
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    ttupa Tech Elitist NBR Reviewer

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    This may be related to Windows Updates. I had a similar issue. Basically, everytime I would run Microsoft Update, my system would go to 100% CPU, and would be unusable. I fixed the issue, but not in the way MS suggests. I had to re-install the Windows Update .dll. I would first check here:

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916089/

    Edit:

    The hotfix for that KB was replaced with this one:
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927891/
     
    ttupa, May 15, 2007
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