Unplug computer
Hey guys, First off, great forum, I’ve learned alot from this place.
Now, I have a problem I cant seem to solve or find in the archives.
My computer will just randomly lock up after being on the internet. Sometimes it happens after a few minutes, somtimes after 20. It can be really frustrating because it’s so random. There doesn’t seem to be a method to what’s happeneing. I’ll go to load a page or something and my computer will just freeze and have the hourglass turning constantly. When I go down to the taskbar it will turn back into the arrow, but I can’t click anything. And I can’t Ctl-alt-delete to get to the task manager, so I just have to unplug the computer.
It seems to come and go. There’s no parrellel I can see in the sites or what I’m doing, they’re not heavy pages or intense flash/video or anything. Just checking email and googling stuff and it just happens.
I’ve ran a norton virus check multiple times and turned up nothing… and I’m lost. Please help!
Here’s my tech specs, if they’ll help: – Windows xp – multiple browsers (tried out with explorer, firefox, opera) – pentium 4 2.52ghz, 1gb ram, 120gb hd – Adelphia cable internet through a cisco wireless cable router (I have another computer that I’ve plugged into the cable internet and never ran into the problem.. so I think it’s gotta be something software or hardware related.)
Thanks so much for any tips or advice you can offer!!! Bill
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