What causes a computer to freeze on restart?
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The cause is too much program running at startup, you can stop that by doing this\n1. on the start menu click run\n2. Type "msconfig" without the quote and press enter\nyour destiny is in your hand
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restart the pc, that always helps me:)))
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Right click on my computer, select properties, advanced, startup and recovery settings and uncheck d box of automatic restart.\nIt will solve ur restart problem.
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Your machine is lacking in memory.\n\nYou are running too many memory resident programs and/or you have more windows open (could be browser windows or other applications). \n\nReduce the active load on your machine.\n\nIf that does not help, then restart, may be a program is stuck in a loop somewhere.\n\nIf even that does not help, run an anti-virus, may be you have avirus.\n\nIf that also does not help, try reinstalling the operating system.\n\nIn case nothing of the above works, get a new machine with better specs.
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lol\n\nur computer will restart in 60second\nNT/Authority...RPC problem....\n\nmsblast 4ever
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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
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This could be a heat problem.  May one of the internal fans has stopped working, mainly the cpu fan.  If it was memory, you would get weird errors all the time.
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This could be a cooling issue, check your fans and dust out your system. I saw one system the other day that did this because of the massive amount of dust, even though the fans were still turning. \nAlso try starting the computer in safe mode and see if it works then or locks up without restarting. A bad XP install will cause this sort of action. Sometimes there is a bios option that tells the system to restart on error, you can turn this off to help diagnose the problem.
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im not sure..\nbut it's happened to me before.\nthe freezing of the mouse may be due to adware/spyware so you might want to scan your system to rid of them.\nor.\nthe motherboard could be old/ and may be on its way to ruin.
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couple of ways to see if it is a hardware or a software fault\n\nfirstly boot into safe mode - restart your pc and keep on tapping the f5 or f8 key then select safemode\n\nleave it in this mode for a while - does it shut down ?\n\ncheck your event viewer for any system errors (in the control panel - administrative - then event viewer) click on the system \n\nsee if this gives you any clues\n\nalso try getting into the bios or cmos setup - again leave it in this mode - does it shut down - if so then you definately have a overheating problem\n\nalso check you in you bios to see if you have a hardware monitor option - if so check the cpu, system temp and fan speeds\n\ncome back to us with your results
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Check your hardware in device manager and see if there are any conflicts,(yellow ? marks), beside your display adapter, your monitor, and your sound drivers), sometimes a driver can come corrupt and you may need to update it. also? The defrag could have defraged a file in your registry that is no longer used, I recommend buying Registry Mechanic, this will fix any errors in your registry that can also cause freezing. One last thing? Go into safe mode, and do I scan on your hard drive for errors, make sure before you do the scan? That the box is checked for,"automaticaly fix errors". Then when thats all done? Do a defrag in safe mode. There are other causes for computers to freeze, but lets see if these few tricks will do the trick first.
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ithink there is something wrong in your hardware and try to open run box then write ( msconfig ) then go to srartup and chick the programms thats start in the startup of the computer
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Normally lockups are caused by Heat issues...check all your fans and make sure they are all spinning freely and you might try the simple test of leaving your case off, if it doesn't lock with it off then you need some new cooling in your system. spyware doesn't usually cause freezing or erratic results. it usually just causes slowing.
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Sounds like your processor is over heating...that will definitely shut down your computer.
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It is possibly overheating. Check the fan. Check power supply, it could be going out. If not:\nYou probably need to reorder your BIOS by hitting del on startup. If you dont know how to do this please dont try, get help first.\nHere is a search of this problem, choose one of these forums that seems most similar to your system and ask them. They should be able to help. Its hard to troubleshoot a problem on Yahoo Answers as we cannot easily have continuous dialogue.\n\nGood Luck!\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=computer+restarting+over+and+over
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check for viruses (specially when your system booting after connect to internet ) \ncheck power voltage \ncheck  cpu fan \nreinstall win xp \nif cpu fan is good
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I suppose you are running anti-virus & at the same time working on your pc. If the RAM config is less, then its normal for your pc to freeze or slow while the anti-virus is running. Try increasing the ram to atleast 256 or 514 MB. Sure this will help you. But before buying one check out if your motherboard support any extra ram & also what type of ram can be installed S or DDR. \nIf you dont want to replace ram, simply remove unneccessary softwares (which you dont use much) & also delete unwanted data. Further, dont open multiple applications together.