im playing runescape and it start just fine but after a few minuts the computer will freeze up. why?
613326
OK. i am a experienced runescape player that has been playing for almost 2 years. and just recently i experienced the same problem. sooner or later though, i had the idea that the forums would help. turns out that almost 2000 people are having the same problem. but in runescape updates and news, it states that this problem has been recognized because of all the new servers going online. i was contacted by jagex with a message stating that the problem will go away soon although there is nothing they can do to speed up the process. i, and all others that read my thread on the forums are now informed of this and well aware that this problem will go away over time. hope i helped!
748441
A) run defrag  (if you cant find it search your computer for it through start -> search\nB) Try deleting stuff that you don't use.\nC) Buy more RAM\nD) Buy a better graphics card (it has its own memory s well)
200604
Maybe it isnt the screen freezing but the computer itself. I used to have this problem on my desktop. Regular maintainence was my answer. Try disc clean up and defrag. in that order. Also keep your temporary files down by continually cleaning them out. I also found that memory can cause this problem. If you are using Windows XP you need a min of 256MB RAM as XP uses close to the 128MB mark. 512MB RAM works very well.
1138680
Well... only viruses are responsible for freezing up....i'm sure... you're having virus.... get avast! http://www.avast.com it's free.... install it... and it'll detect virus and delete it... and no slowing down... YEA SURE!
29359
Possible cause of problems:\n1: Mouse not good\n2: Norton Anti Virus is infected, then try to us another anti virus like Makafee, pc-cilin\n3: A hardware prob with your computer, maybe your RAM is get used up, when it needs etra memory on boot up it freezes your computer.
792348
Try hitting Ctrl+Alt Del and checking your system resources. Select tasklist and look at your Processes Tab then look at what is using the most CPU. If you can see something rising to the top ie.90+% then that could be the cause. \nAnother reason could be that something is overheating and could be taking 20minutes to reach lockup.\nAlso try switching off yer firewall temporarily. Software such as Norton can be quite sore on your pc. I had this happen on a laptop recently and switched to mcAfee and problem resolved. Lockups however in this instance where for 3-4 sec then ok for 10 or so then lock up again.
695132
Do you mean the game is not running or XP is not running? if the game , uninstall it and see if XP boots normally.  If XP you may have to go back to system restore or do a repair install.
797222
It sound like your system respond is too slow. \n\nTry to check what is the available memory left on the system. If you are running on Win XP, click on Alt+Ctrl+Del once. Choose Task Manager, click on Performance, Check on phyical memory. If you left 50MB and below, you need to upgrade your memory, or uninstall some of your software to give space for other problem.
339611
Freezes up all the time.
208327
Your processor is fast enough and you definetly have enough memory to run Windows XP, but maybe you're trying to run too many resource-hogging programs. Try to not open too many programs at once, so you don't overload your computer. If you don't open many programs, maybe there are spyware programs installed on your computer that hog resources away from your CPU. Try installing one of the anti-spyware programs listed on the site below and running a full scan on system:\nhttp://www.download.com/sort/3150-8022_4-0-1-4.html?\n\nAfter you've ran the scan, delete all the spyware, if any, that the program finds.\n\nIf none of the solutions above solve your problem, you need to describe at what istance your computer hangs (i.e what programs are you running? Did a certain program cause your computer to hang?).\n\n\nGood luck!
1107453
only mouse freezes r the whole system???\njust check whether the keyboard works.\nif the whole system hangs thn u cant do anything except restarting thru the power r restart buttons.\nctrl+alt+del wont work here if it hangs...\n\nit may be virus problem. just check it our\nif its not thn it wil be surely the driver problem\n\nif only mouse hangs thn the connection may be loose or ur mouse might be dead...
1047749
It is shutting down. Your computer just takes a long time to shut down. Maybe it has many processes active or you need to cleanup your files.
506993
that happened to me earlier to so if i were u i would just restart my computer n if that doesn't work just wait a few hours or sumthin...
737694
It may be your server.  I know that when I'm on there sometimes it does the same.  I end up having to restart my PC and then it works fine.
984243
It sounds like your video card got jarred loose, or is bad.  Try reseating it, if that doesn't work, you may need a new one.\n\nBy the way, the computer itself comes on, right?
510415
Question:\nWindows freezes or stops responding frequently.\n\nCause:\nThis issue could be caused by any of the below possibilities.\n   1. Software related issue.\n   2. Driver related issue.\n   3. Operating system related issue.\n   4. Heat related issue.\n   5. Hardware issue.\n   6. Serious issue with Windows\n   7. Hardware failure.\n\n-See source links for more information
1021906
Well, in that moment of peril, try using <CTRL> <ALT> <DELETE> to open task manager and end any processes that are showing "Not Responding". However, this may not always work, though it might help.\n\nIn the future to prevent this from happening, try the following things.\n1. Make sure your PC is not overheating, with more heat, the performance falls. If it is overheating, buy a cooling dock fan for around $30 dollars.\n2. Make sure you are not running to many "stealth" programs in the background. These programs take up RAM and CPU. To fix this problem, go to Run and type in "Msconfig" and go to last tab called Startup. Now uncheck everything that you reconize from past program installations except for your firewall.\n3. Make sure you don't run too many programs at the same time. This would increase your RAM and CPU usage and cause your PC to freeze much easily.