Freezing Screen

Hi,
My computer screen has been freezing frequently, so that I have to shut down wrong. I bought a new mouse, but it's still doing it. Any ideas?
Thank you, Vonnie

One more question, please....When I try to run scandisk, it keeps restarting and telling me to close windows. How can I do that when windows comes up as soon as I turn the power on?
Thank you

ScanDefrag will efficiently run these disk utilities.
The log will list all of the running programs and you can choose
to close the unprotected ones by using Restrictive Mode. See
the ReadMe for a more detailed explanation.
http://home.earthlink.net/~bblanton2...efrag/main.htm
or http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/index.html


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One more question, please....When I try to run scandisk, it keeps restarting and telling me to close windows. How can I do that when windows comes up as soon as I turn the power on?
Thank you

Thanks, but my screen is freezing every few minutes-not enough time to get anything done. I'm trying to get help from the manufacturer.
Thank you

Dear John et al,
Funny thing but I'm getting it too and my CDROM isn't being recognized
on reboot always. Am naturally wondering as no doubt you are, whether it has
anything to do with the critical update of the other day. System restore to
previous only helps very briefly.
Sincerely,
Mr. David Oltmann




Thanks, but my screen is freezing every few minutes-not enough time to get
anything done. I'm trying to get help from the manufacturer.
Thank you

Hi, David,

I wrote to HP and got a long list of corrective measures to try. None worked. I was online for 2 minutes and it just froze again. Even ctrl-alt-del doesn't work when that occurs. I'm stumped!!!
Thank you for your reply.

You first need to prove whether its a heat/hardware issue rather than a
WinMe issue. If heat related, then the weather *may* even be a factor -
warmer g and the inside of the box may need a good clearout. (A lot of
dust gets sucked into box due to the fan(s) and can reduce the cooling
efficiency)

Boot using your Windows Startup (floppy) Disk and select Option 1 (or let it
continue to 'time-out' to) the DOS Help page. Scroll up and down the Help
pages every now and again. Leave it running for several hours and see if it
still freezes.

If so, then it's a problem with your PC and not with WinMe.

If not, then boot into Safe Mode (F8 or Ctrl keys at boot-up) and leave it
running in that mode for a few hours and see if it freezes. Make a note of
exactly what you were doing (which program you were using) when it freezes.

Mart


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Hi,
My computer screen has been freezing frequently, so that I have to shut
down wrong. I bought a new mouse, but it's still doing it. Any ideas?
Thank you, Vonnie

Johnchabot,
Open Control Panel, Display, Settings, Advanced (I may have the
steps wrong, but, you need to get to the Advanced Performance Settings tab).
There you will see a Hardware Acceleration slider adjustment.....move this
to one notch above "None". not to worry, you can move this back later.
Reboot your machine and see if the freezing has stopped......if so, you need
to look into getting new drivers for your video card and/or mouse. If new
drivers fail to correct the problem, you may have to consider a new video
card. I was having the same problem and it took me months to narrow down
the problem to the video card. As mine was an older Voodoo Banshee 16M,
there were no new drivers (there were a few 'home grown hacks' that did not
work....made matters worse), so, the solution was to get a new card. With
my limited power supply (250W), I settled on an inexpensive ATI Radeon 32M
(the 64M would have required a new PS of greater wattage). This solved the
'freezing' problem for me, YMMV.
Heirloom, old and worked for me


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Hi, David,

I wrote to HP and got a long list of corrective measures to try. None
worked. I was online for 2 minutes and it just froze again. Even
ctrl-alt-del doesn't work when that occurs. I'm stumped!!!
Thank you for your reply.

Thank you both for your ideas. So far so good today, but I'll try both of your suggestions if it happens again.