Vista - Random Vista freezes

03-25-2008

Sam wrote:

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> Mike wrote:

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>> Hello,
>>
>> I recently purchased a HP a6200n which works relatively well. The
>> only complaint is that frequently (at least once daily) the system
>> will lock up. When this occurs the only way out is to hold the
>> power button down and reboot.
>>
>> When the system locks, the screen will actually freeze the contents
>> and make it appear somewhat 'snowy'. This happened on a factory
>> system OUT OF THE BOX. So I know this wasn't due to application
>> software I loaded on top and I doubt very much it was a virus the
>> system picked up. Since this started I have done a full virus scan and
>> also have
>> reviewed the event logs after each fail and nothing in there is
>> obvious. There's an 'unexpected reboot' message there from my
>> forced power down. I've gone to nVidia to download the latest nForce 430
>> drivers which
>> has not helped. It seems ahead of what MS is pushing as the version
>> I have is dated 12/07 and the auto updates are telling me to pick up
>> a 7/07 version.
>>
>> I've also loaded SP1 and all of the HP/MS updates a person can
>> handle. Has anyone experienced this or have any suggestions on what
>> might be the next thing to look at?
>>
>> Thanks!

> Apparently one of the things that Vista does after it is installed is
> to index all of the files on all of the hard drives. It does this
> without telling you its doing it. I've had Ultimate x64 installed for
> about 4 days and have been having terrible hangs and waits when
> starting Media Center. So finally I let it sit in a hung state. After
> a coupleof hours everything started working again and Media Center
> now comes up without the wait time. When I go back to XP I can see
> all the index files that Vista created in my media folders.

I just shut off the indexing right off, it's useless to me
Clark...
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03-25-2008	#11 (permalink)
Clark... n/a posts	Re: Random Vista freezes Sam wrote: Quote: > Mike wrote: Quote: >> Hello, >> >> I recently purchased a HP a6200n which works relatively well. The >> only complaint is that frequently (at least once daily) the system >> will lock up. When this occurs the only way out is to hold the >> power button down and reboot. >> >> When the system locks, the screen will actually freeze the contents >> and make it appear somewhat 'snowy'. This happened on a factory >> system OUT OF THE BOX. So I know this wasn't due to application >> software I loaded on top and I doubt very much it was a virus the >> system picked up. Since this started I have done a full virus scan and >> also have >> reviewed the event logs after each fail and nothing in there is >> obvious. There's an 'unexpected reboot' message there from my >> forced power down. I've gone to nVidia to download the latest nForce 430 >> drivers which >> has not helped. It seems ahead of what MS is pushing as the version >> I have is dated 12/07 and the auto updates are telling me to pick up >> a 7/07 version. >> >> I've also loaded SP1 and all of the HP/MS updates a person can >> handle. Has anyone experienced this or have any suggestions on what >> might be the next thing to look at? >> >> Thanks! > Apparently one of the things that Vista does after it is installed is > to index all of the files on all of the hard drives. It does this > without telling you its doing it. I've had Ultimate x64 installed for > about 4 days and have been having terrible hangs and waits when > starting Media Center. So finally I let it sit in a hung state. After > a coupleof hours everything started working again and Media Center > now comes up without the wait time. When I go back to XP I can see > all the index files that Vista created in my media folders. I just shut off the indexing right off, it's useless to me Clark... -- Don't you have Google in your part of the world?
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