System freeze

After installing the latest set of security fixes from Windows Update, the
system freezes randomly. As long as the computer is "in use" everything seem
to work fine but if I leave it untouched for a longer period of time
(anything between 15 minutes to several hours) the computer may cease to
respond, leaving me with COLD BOOT as the only remaining option. No warnings
or other explenations are given before or after reboot. Although the problem
appears randomly, it does so more often than not.

Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Eric

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System:
WinXP Pro, SP2 on a single NTFS partition
Home computer, no network (except for the DSL connection)
Plenty of RAM and HDD space
Power Save functions are OFF
EZ Firewall, Avast! antivurus

Recently installed updates:
KB898461
KB890046
KB896358
KB883939
KB896422
KB896428
KB893066
KB890046

On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 13:52:21 +0200, "EriX" <erix<removethis>@rixtele.com> wrote:

>After installing the latest set of security fixes from Windows Update, the
>system freezes randomly. As long as the computer is "in use" everything seem
>to work fine but if I leave it untouched for a longer period of time
>(anything between 15 minutes to several hours) the computer may cease to
>respond, leaving me with COLD BOOT as the only remaining option. No warnings
>or other explenations are given before or after reboot. Although the problem
>appears randomly, it does so more often than not.
>
>Any advise would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Eric
>
>------------------------------------------
>System:
>WinXP Pro, SP2 on a single NTFS partition
>Home computer, no network (except for the DSL connection)
>Plenty of RAM and HDD space
>Power Save functions are OFF
>EZ Firewall, Avast! antivurus
>
>Recently installed updates:
>KB898461
>KB890046
>KB896358
>KB883939
>KB896422
>KB896428
>KB893066
>KB890046
>
See if this works:
Try lowering the "Hardware Accelerator" setting a notch or two.

Right-click the desktop, select Properties. Click the "Settings" tab.
Click the "Advanced" button, click the "Troubleshoot" tab.