Sporadic CPU

while i am using my computer, it freezes out of nowhere. my music, typing,
mouse, and gernal interaction with my computer stops for a split second. it
my not seem like much, but it happens all the time. it happened at least 4
times while writng this. what i see is that the CPU usage spikes and dips a
lot when i look at he perormance tab in the task manager. i just bought some
more memory (1GB RAM) which should be getting here by next week and i hope it
will solve the problem. The thing is i upgraded it (to 1 GB) already before
upgrading to vista and it didnt solve anything (it was doing the same with
XP). should the new memory work or is there something else i should do?

Hi,

You should determine if there is an issue with the existing memory before
installing more. Click start and type 'memory diagnostic' and click on the
entry in the start menu. Run the tool and reboot when prompted. You will get
a report when you boot back to Vista after the tests are complete.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"eaglesfanone" <> wrote in message
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> while i am using my computer, it freezes out of nowhere. my music, typing,
> mouse, and gernal interaction with my computer stops for a split second.
> it
> my not seem like much, but it happens all the time. it happened at least 4
> times while writng this. what i see is that the CPU usage spikes and dips
> a
> lot when i look at he perormance tab in the task manager. i just bought
> some
> more memory (1GB RAM) which should be getting here by next week and i hope
> it
> will solve the problem. The thing is i upgraded it (to 1 GB) already
> before
> upgrading to vista and it didnt solve anything (it was doing the same with
> XP). should the new memory work or is there something else i should do?