Vista - Vista freezing for no apparent reason

02-25-2008

My Vista has started to freeze for no apparent reason. It will be working
fine, and then all of a sudden it will completely freeze, where there is no
egg timer, the cursor does not move, there is no hard drive activity at all
and crtl+alt+del does nothing, as the PC is not respnsive to anything. It
seems to happen more when watching video files, either form the hard disk or
streamed over the internet, but it can also happen when typing in a Word
document with nothing else open, and so it is hard to find any pattern. I
have to press the reset button to use the PC again. The recovery options
display, but then there are no entries in event viewer to give any clue of
the cause. Help would be very much appreicated.

02-25-2008

I would suspect your Display Adapter driver is not functioning correctly.
Device Manager (devmgmt.msc) can be used to 'uninstall' the driver, and
'scan for hardware changes' to refresh the driver (Action menu)

--
Was this helpful? Then click the "Yes" Ratings button. Voting helps the web
interface.
http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales....htm#RateAPost

Mark L. Ferguson

..
"AJ" <AJ@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:E11B555A-E170-412C-B4BD-42D756D3DF5F@xxxxxx

Quote:

> My Vista has started to freeze for no apparent reason. It will be working
> fine, and then all of a sudden it will completely freeze, where there is
> no
> egg timer, the cursor does not move, there is no hard drive activity at
> all
> and crtl+alt+del does nothing, as the PC is not respnsive to anything. It
> seems to happen more when watching video files, either form the hard disk
> or
> streamed over the internet, but it can also happen when typing in a Word
> document with nothing else open, and so it is hard to find any pattern. I
> have to press the reset button to use the PC again. The recovery options
> display, but then there are no entries in event viewer to give any clue of
> the cause. Help would be very much appreicated.

02-25-2008

Sorry, I should have mentioned it in my original post; I have already
searched for new drivers for the display adapter, and found none, and rolled
back to the old driver. Rolling back did not help.

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

Quote:

> I would suspect your Display Adapter driver is not functioning correctly.
> Device Manager (devmgmt.msc) can be used to 'uninstall' the driver, and
> 'scan for hardware changes' to refresh the driver (Action menu)
>
> --
> Was this helpful? Then click the "Yes" Ratings button. Voting helps the web
> interface.
> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales....htm#RateAPost
>
> Mark L. Ferguson
>
> .
> "AJ" <AJ@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:E11B555A-E170-412C-B4BD-42D756D3DF5F@xxxxxx

Quote:

> > My Vista has started to freeze for no apparent reason. It will be working
> > fine, and then all of a sudden it will completely freeze, where there is
> > no
> > egg timer, the cursor does not move, there is no hard drive activity at
> > all
> > and crtl+alt+del does nothing, as the PC is not respnsive to anything. It
> > seems to happen more when watching video files, either form the hard disk
> > or
> > streamed over the internet, but it can also happen when typing in a Word
> > document with nothing else open, and so it is hard to find any pattern. I
> > have to press the reset button to use the PC again. The recovery options
> > display, but then there are no entries in event viewer to give any clue of
> > the cause. Help would be very much appreicated.

>

02-25-2008

Now here's something else. When I try to open System Restore, an error
message appears stating: There was an unexpected error. The file name or
directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. (0x8007007B). System
Restore will now close. Is this part of the problem, or a different problem?
How do I solve this now?

"Bob" wrote:

Quote:

> Run System Restore to a time before the problem began.
>
> "AJ" <AJ@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:E11B555A-E170-412C-B4BD-42D756D3DF5F@xxxxxx

Quote:

> > My Vista has started to freeze for no apparent reason. It will be working
> > fine, and then all of a sudden it will completely freeze, where there is
> > no
> > egg timer, the cursor does not move, there is no hard drive activity at
> > all
> > and crtl+alt+del does nothing, as the PC is not respnsive to anything. It
> > seems to happen more when watching video files, either form the hard disk
> > or
> > streamed over the internet, but it can also happen when typing in a Word
> > document with nothing else open, and so it is hard to find any pattern. I
> > have to press the reset button to use the PC again. The recovery options
> > display, but then there are no entries in event viewer to give any clue of
> > the cause. Help would be very much appreicated.

>
>

**Qatsi** · 03-03-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by AJ

My Vista has started to freeze for no apparent reason. It will be working
fine, and then all of a sudden it will completely freeze, where there is no
egg timer, the cursor does not move, there is no hard drive activity at all
and crtl+alt+del does nothing, as the PC is not respnsive to anything. It
seems to happen more when watching video files, either form the hard disk or
streamed over the internet, but it can also happen when typing in a Word
document with nothing else open, and so it is hard to find any pattern. I
have to press the reset button to use the PC again. The recovery options
display, but then there are no entries in event viewer to give any clue of
the cause. Help would be very much appreicated.

I have this exact problem. It happened for the first time 2-3 weeks ago. It has happened 4-5 times since then. Two of the times I watched streamed video, the other times it happened during some random action like normal surfing etc.

I have Vista x64

**skunksmash** · 03-03-2008

system specs please AJ

....cpu / gpu / ram..

**Qatsi** · 03-03-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by Qatsi

I have this exact problem. It happened for the first time 2-3 weeks ago. It has happened 4-5 times since then. Two of the times I watched streamed video, the other times it happened during some random action like normal surfing etc.

I have Vista x64

My specs:
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium
Intel Core 2 QUAD Q6600 2.4GHz
GeCube Radeon HD2900XT
4 x Corsair TWIN2X2048 (tot. 4 GB)
Seagate Barracuda ST3500630AS 500GB

**skunksmash** · 03-03-2008

are u OCed or stock ...?

**Qatsi** · 03-03-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by skunksmash

are u OCed or stock ...?

all stock

**skunksmash** · 03-03-2008

ok your H/W seems fine its gotta be a software issue ...
what periferals do u run ..i know there are still some that play havoc with vista..
do u have the latest GPU drivers from ATI ..?
from your earlier post it said your system was running fine up untill a few weeks ago
the easiest method would be to roll your pc back to a time when there was no problems ..otherwise u will have to trawl through your system to find the app/driver vista is choaking on

02-25-2008	#1 (permalink)
AJ n/a posts	Vista freezing for no apparent reason My Vista has started to freeze for no apparent reason. It will be working fine, and then all of a sudden it will completely freeze, where there is no egg timer, the cursor does not move, there is no hard drive activity at all and crtl+alt+del does nothing, as the PC is not respnsive to anything. It seems to happen more when watching video files, either form the hard disk or streamed over the internet, but it can also happen when typing in a Word document with nothing else open, and so it is hard to find any pattern. I have to press the reset button to use the PC again. The recovery options display, but then there are no entries in event viewer to give any clue of the cause. Help would be very much appreicated.
My System Specs

02-25-2008	#2 (permalink)
Mark L. Ferguson n/a posts	Re: Vista freezing for no apparent reason I would suspect your Display Adapter driver is not functioning correctly. Device Manager (devmgmt.msc) can be used to 'uninstall' the driver, and 'scan for hardware changes' to refresh the driver (Action menu) -- Was this helpful? Then click the "Yes" Ratings button. Voting helps the web interface. http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales....htm#RateAPost Mark L. Ferguson .. "AJ" <AJ@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:E11B555A-E170-412C-B4BD-42D756D3DF5F@xxxxxx Quote: > My Vista has started to freeze for no apparent reason. It will be working > fine, and then all of a sudden it will completely freeze, where there is > no > egg timer, the cursor does not move, there is no hard drive activity at > all > and crtl+alt+del does nothing, as the PC is not respnsive to anything. It > seems to happen more when watching video files, either form the hard disk > or > streamed over the internet, but it can also happen when typing in a Word > document with nothing else open, and so it is hard to find any pattern. I > have to press the reset button to use the PC again. The recovery options > display, but then there are no entries in event viewer to give any clue of > the cause. Help would be very much appreicated.
My System Specs

02-25-2008	#3 (permalink)
AJ n/a posts	Re: Vista freezing for no apparent reason Sorry, I should have mentioned it in my original post; I have already searched for new drivers for the display adapter, and found none, and rolled back to the old driver. Rolling back did not help. "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote: Quote: > I would suspect your Display Adapter driver is not functioning correctly. > Device Manager (devmgmt.msc) can be used to 'uninstall' the driver, and > 'scan for hardware changes' to refresh the driver (Action menu) > > -- > Was this helpful? Then click the "Yes" Ratings button. Voting helps the web > interface. > http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales....htm#RateAPost > > Mark L. Ferguson > > . > "AJ" <AJ@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:E11B555A-E170-412C-B4BD-42D756D3DF5F@xxxxxx Quote: > > My Vista has started to freeze for no apparent reason. It will be working > > fine, and then all of a sudden it will completely freeze, where there is > > no > > egg timer, the cursor does not move, there is no hard drive activity at > > all > > and crtl+alt+del does nothing, as the PC is not respnsive to anything. It > > seems to happen more when watching video files, either form the hard disk > > or > > streamed over the internet, but it can also happen when typing in a Word > > document with nothing else open, and so it is hard to find any pattern. I > > have to press the reset button to use the PC again. The recovery options > > display, but then there are no entries in event viewer to give any clue of > > the cause. Help would be very much appreicated. >
My System Specs

02-25-2008	#4 (permalink)
AJ n/a posts	Re: Vista freezing for no apparent reason Now here's something else. When I try to open System Restore, an error message appears stating: There was an unexpected error. The file name or directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. (0x8007007B). System Restore will now close. Is this part of the problem, or a different problem? How do I solve this now? "Bob" wrote: Quote: > Run System Restore to a time before the problem began. > > "AJ" <AJ@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:E11B555A-E170-412C-B4BD-42D756D3DF5F@xxxxxx Quote: > > My Vista has started to freeze for no apparent reason. It will be working > > fine, and then all of a sudden it will completely freeze, where there is > > no > > egg timer, the cursor does not move, there is no hard drive activity at > > all > > and crtl+alt+del does nothing, as the PC is not respnsive to anything. It > > seems to happen more when watching video files, either form the hard disk > > or > > streamed over the internet, but it can also happen when typing in a Word > > document with nothing else open, and so it is hard to find any pattern. I > > have to press the reset button to use the PC again. The recovery options > > display, but then there are no entries in event viewer to give any clue of > > the cause. Help would be very much appreicated. > >
My System Specs

03-03-2008	#5 (permalink)
Qatsi Vista Business x64 14 posts	Re: Vista freezing for no apparent reason Quote: Originally Posted by AJ My Vista has started to freeze for no apparent reason. It will be working fine, and then all of a sudden it will completely freeze, where there is no egg timer, the cursor does not move, there is no hard drive activity at all and crtl+alt+del does nothing, as the PC is not respnsive to anything. It seems to happen more when watching video files, either form the hard disk or streamed over the internet, but it can also happen when typing in a Word document with nothing else open, and so it is hard to find any pattern. I have to press the reset button to use the PC again. The recovery options display, but then there are no entries in event viewer to give any clue of the cause. Help would be very much appreicated. I have this exact problem. It happened for the first time 2-3 weeks ago. It has happened 4-5 times since then. Two of the times I watched streamed video, the other times it happened during some random action like normal surfing etc. I have Vista x64
My System Specs

03-03-2008	#6 (permalink)
skunksmash ultimate 64 SP1 2,188 posts	Re: Vista freezing for no apparent reason system specs please AJ ....cpu / gpu / ram..
My System Specs

03-03-2008	#7 (permalink)
Qatsi Vista Business x64 14 posts	Re: Vista freezing for no apparent reason Quote: Originally Posted by Qatsi I have this exact problem. It happened for the first time 2-3 weeks ago. It has happened 4-5 times since then. Two of the times I watched streamed video, the other times it happened during some random action like normal surfing etc. I have Vista x64 My specs: Asus P5N32-SLI Premium Intel Core 2 QUAD Q6600 2.4GHz GeCube Radeon HD2900XT 4 x Corsair TWIN2X2048 (tot. 4 GB) Seagate Barracuda ST3500630AS 500GB
My System Specs

03-03-2008	#8 (permalink)
skunksmash ultimate 64 SP1 2,188 posts	Re: Vista freezing for no apparent reason are u OCed or stock ...?
My System Specs

03-03-2008	#9 (permalink)
Qatsi Vista Business x64 14 posts	Re: Vista freezing for no apparent reason Quote: Originally Posted by skunksmash are u OCed or stock ...? all stock
My System Specs

03-03-2008	#10 (permalink)
skunksmash ultimate 64 SP1 2,188 posts	Re: Vista freezing for no apparent reason ok your H/W seems fine its gotta be a software issue ... what periferals do u run ..i know there are still some that play havoc with vista.. do u have the latest GPU drivers from ATI ..? from your earlier post it said your system was running fine up untill a few weeks ago the easiest method would be to roll your pc back to a time when there was no problems ..otherwise u will have to trawl through your system to find the app/driver vista is choaking on
My System Specs

Similar Threads
Thread	Forum
vista sleep waking up for no apparent reason	General Discussion
Vista unexpected shutdown with no restart, no apparent reason	Vista General
everything is green and then blue with no apparent reason.	Vista hardware & devices
Applications minimize for no apparent reason	Vista General
USB stopped for no apparent reason	Vista hardware & devices