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why does my PC keep freezing up on me. It is very annoying. Thanks for your help.?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    There a several reasons why your computer is freezing. First question is when was the last time you cleaned your registry. Having a corrupted registry can cause a whole host of errors and problems. Freezing up is one of them. If you have a lot of unnecessary registry keys that are hogging up your computer resources. Your computer is bound to choke. Scan your registry with a good registry cleaner. If you pull up more than 20 errors or duplication, clean your registry.

    2. Depending on your RAM specs and your computer usage. This could also be a the issue. Having an insufficient amount of free space does not allow your RAM to function properly. If you are using a lot of RAM by net surfing or other activities without enough empty space your will get freezes. You don't need to buy new RAM but you should increase your free space by removing unnecessary data and perhaps increasing your virtual memory. The below link will show you how.

    3. Spyware could be the culprit, so do a scan and see if your computer is infected.

    4. That last area is a hardware drivers. This could be the problem if new hardware has been added to the system. So, the drivers should still be up to date. So try the first two suggestion and see if you can get your computer to stop freezing.

    Check your drivers. Hope this helps.

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  • 1 decade ago

    It could be due to many reasons. Check to see if you have spyware or malware on your computer. To do this you can download some great free programs that scan and remove any traces of spyware. These programs are Adaware and spybot. Another reason might be that you could have too many programs running and not enough memory to handle it.Not sure since there's not a lot of detail in the question, but try the scan and see if it helps

    Source(s): Work in IT field
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It could be a lot of things. You could have spyware or a virus. The first thing to do is go into Internet options and delete all your cookies and history. You don't say what operating system you have but you should probably run your disk clean-up and defrag. If none of this works you need to run a scan to see if you have a virus or spyware. Go to trendmicro and you can run free virus scan. You can also go to Grisoft and run a free scan for spyware. Good luck.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    you shoul check its temperature. maybe it get's overheated. any cooler could be out of order.

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  • 1 decade ago

    my guess is its to cold?

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