How to fix a PC when it freezes up?

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1. I have been reformatting and reinstalling operating systems for all the computers I have owned over the past 20 years, in order to fix PC freezing problem. I have noticed that how you restore the operating system depends on the brand of computer and whether you bought it factory installed or built it piece by piece yourself. I noticed that the way you restore your OS varies from HP computers to Dell and any other brand. I like when I am given factory restore CD’s.

2. I have definitely had each of these problems in one form or another over the many years I have owned personal computers. I have not much experience with MAC, but I have owned computers with just about every Microsoft OS. Today, I use Windows 8, after having stayed with XP pro for a long time. I did so because I usually resist upgrading to the latest OS because they are not only unstable, but a target for hackers.

3. Thank you so much for this information, our computer in the office at home is always freezing up and it makes my husband so mad he starts throwing things. You have a great post here and I hope that you keep it up to date because it is going to be helpful to many people out there like me. I am going to save your site to my favorites so I can return later.

4. Thank you for posting this information I was having a problem with this just this morning and when I finally got the computer back up and started searching for fixes to the problem I ran across this. You have been a big help and again I thank you for the work that you have put into this. Keep it up you have no idea how helpful it was.

5. This is very helpful I have had this problem before and knowing how to fix it would be a great thing to know. You have done great work on this post and I am looking forward to trying this. My son is going to school to fix computers and I might be able to keep up with him if I keep learning things like this. Keep up the great work.

6. Thank you so much for the work you have done here, I hate it when your computer freezes up and you realize that it is the anti virus software that you have on the computer that is causing it to do it. Thank you for posting this I am going to save your site because I think I can get more information from your site that I can use in the near future.

7. I had a similar problem with my Dell Inspirion over this past weekend. Fortunately for me, I just bought this laptop in December. So it is under warranty until the end of this year. I simply called technical support, and they walked me through the diagnostics and I resented to the system defaults in the bios setup menu. It worked like a charm. But I worry what may happen once my warranty expires at the end of this year.

8. My friend was telling me about all these blog post that could help me with my computer problems so I made sure to check them out and they were right this was very helpful. Before I did your fix my computer was freezing up all the time and it was very frustrating. Thank you for posting this information it has been a huge help and I hope you will continue.

9. What is it that causes the computer to freeze up? I don’t understand why it does it but now that I have the information and techniques to fix it that will help. I just want to figure out why it does it so that I can stop it from happening instead of fixing it all the time. Keep up the good work though this was very educational.

10. My computer is freezing but i dont find this as a normal freeze. Some weeks ago when i play World of War Craft my computer randomly freezes after 30 min to 10 hours after i open game and start playing and all i see is a still picture of the last frame. There is no warning or symptoms showing “oh here comes the freeze” even the sound is also gone instantly. It is a weird thing.

11. Oh yea, I had only recently experienced my computer freezing and I had tried to forget about the whole ordeal. Even though I got it resolved relatively quick (within a day), it is such a helpless feeling when you cannot do anything because your computer is unresponsive.

12. I know this was supposed to help us fix our computers on our own when it freezes but I just simply call my son and have him fix it right now and I think he likes it that way because it makes him feel special. This was a great article though and I’ll keep these tips in mind for next time if he isn’t available. Keep up the good work you obviously know your stuff.

13. I’ve tried to figure this out but the issue is escaping me so I’ve come for some possible help or ideas as to what the problem is. My computer will randomly start locking up on me while im on the web, listening to music, watching movies…whatever. It will completely freeze up for 5 to 30 seconds, mouse won’t move cant type anything and if there is sound (music/movie) I get this weird echo (ie. robot sound).

14. I used to get so mad when my computer would freeze up that I would throw things at it and sometimes come to throwing it, until I read this post a few days ago and now I can fix the problem when it happens with out getting angry. I did learn to save things I am working on periodically through the process so that I don’t lose it if it does freeze up.

15. This was happening a lot to my computer and it wasn’t an easy fix like you mentioned here but it was a little more difficult and I had to have a IT person come out and remove some viruses that I had that kept locking things up. And did you know that Norton’s will slow your computer down and sometimes even cause it to freeze as well?

16. I have noticed that when my computer freezes up like you are talking about if I shut of the firewall or the norton’s antivirus it will come back on and work great. Is that a virus or is something wrong with my computer period? You have a lot of advice here but if you wouldn’t mind answering just this quick question I would appreciate it.