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XP PRO often freezes !!!
Name: jaco Date: November 3, 2001 at 12:04:21 Pacific
Comment:
XP freezes from time to time : the ONLY solution is to reboot... Any idea, someone ?
Celeron 600, BE6 II, HDD on ATA 33. Modem USB ADSL, TNT 64, Sound Theater XP.
Name: Al Date: November 3, 2001 at 13:47:59 Pacific
Reply:
R u at 128mgs or above if not go into visual effects and choose let windows choose what's best for my computer.. also turn FUS off.
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Response Number 2
Name: Dave Rajaratnam Date: November 5, 2001 at 11:58:58 Pacific
Reply:
Hi Jaco, Two things you need to do if you want the XP to work well.
1. Increase your RAM to a minimum of 192MB.
2. Flash update your BIOS.
Good day. Dave
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Response Number 3
Name: Kyle Graehl Date: November 30, 2001 at 14:51:52 Pacific
Reply:
The best thing to do is to install Win XP (or any OS) from a clean, empty hard drive ideally using CD-ROM boot if your bios supports it.
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Response Number 4
Name: Robert Date: February 9, 2002 at 13:34:02 Pacific
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I suffer from similar problem ...XP Pro on a 600 Celeron e-machine, loads of RAM (256Mb)but programs freeze a LOT - IE6, PalTalk,Eudora, etc, in that order. Was a clean install; not sure what FUS is; Soemone tell us what probs flash updating Bios would solve...
Any suggestions?
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Response Number 5
Name: IceMan Date: February 18, 2002 at 08:08:41 Pacific
Reply:
I have had the same problems, I tried my 5th install last night and it froze during the install. I was freezing during burns, playing games, and downloading from winmx. The only option was to reboot.
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reformatting the hard dri...
