les Favets Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Hope someone out there is able to put me right!! I find myself half way through doing something on the web, like for instance now!!! and suddenly for no reason the screen freezes on me ie; my pointer will not move with my mouse directing it , nor am I able to work the pointer up to close the screen down, the only way to resolve the problem, is having to do a temp. switch off with my screen resetting as an unauthorised closing down. Any body know what is going on ???? Regards Les Favets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecossais Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 I get something like this intermittently on a PC running Windows ME. However with my PC it also freezes when using other applications like Word. When my PC freezes the mouse or keyboard don’t seem to register although I get a buzzing noise through the speakers when pressing a key on the keyboard or moving the mouse around. Control+Alt+Delete doesn’t work and the only way to switch the PC off is with the power button. My system has all the latest anti-virus and Windows etc updates. I’ve not been able to work out what’s causing it however the PC seems a lot more stable after running Scandisk, Disk Defragmenter and deleting .tmp files. (You can find these applications in Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools). The hard drive was getting close to full and I moved some sound files and picture files onto a CD and deleted them from the hard drive. Has your problem only started since you downloaded / installed something on your PC? If so, depending on what version of Windows you have, “System Restore” allows you to return your PC to the way it was working [properly] on a chosen date - it removes programs but leaves data files intact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyn_Paul Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 It will be something you've added, changed or deleted.* Have you added hardware or updated software?* Have you run a program which 'cleans up' or deletes supposedly unwanted/unused programmes or utilities?* Do you have antivirus software (or any other programme) which automatically downloads and installs updates ?* Have you recently installed XP service pack?* Have you altered the bios settings recently ? I've found the XP service pack installation had the same 'freezing' effect for me; it seems to be incompatible with my ISDN adaptor, so had to be rolled back. good luckpaul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les Favets Posted January 9, 2005 Author Share Posted January 9, 2005 No to all your questions. The only thing I can think of is that my son-in-law over christmas tried to make contact with his e-mail address through his Apple connection but was not able to do so.I will have to live with it but at least there is someone else out there with a similar problem Many thanks!!!Les Favets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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