Hangups - a software or hardware problem?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

My hunch it's hardware ... memory would be my first guess, video
card/driver? Have you run the compatibility wizard on this box to
ensure it's ok to run XP? Does event log provide any clues?

Curious: of what relevance is the information you provide about the
mainframe?

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms




LeRoy Ferguson wrote:
> WinXP Home Edition hangs very often, on or off line, and I have to unplug
> and replug. Knowledge Base has an article that seems vaguely relevant
> (314405), but it is from last year and promises a fix in a future update; I
> have all updates except Service Pack 2.
>
>
>
> Does it look like I have a software or a hardware problem? This may be a
> clue: After each freeze, I'm allowed to advance more into the system until
> everything is working fine. Yesterday, for example, the screen froze five
> times within the first 15 minutes, but then ran well for three hours.
>
>
>
> I have plenty of memory and hard drive free, and am virus-free. Mainframe is
> MSI-638, v5.X. The system was reformatted by a pro shop three months ago
> and seemed to be running fine for a few weeks.
>
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Sorry, I replied to this message but it popped up out of thread. Here's
another try:

Please bear with me, Rob; I'm one of those old fogies permanently over his
head in PC waters.

I checked the event log, and although I have no idea what it means, I can
relay that it lists 8 Application errors, 2 Winlogin errors and 5 Event
System errors. I see Event numbers: 4609 (twice), 1,000 (twice), 1015, 1001.
There are Categories: (50) and (52). Does that tell you anything?

I also checked System (local) and see an error of W32 Time (event 29, not
available, PC) that seems to me to coincide exactly with the time of a very
recent hang. On this list I see that Event 7023 is listed for all error
cases.

I do not know how to find Compatability Wizard; a search is no help. Can you
steer me toward it? But I also wonder why there should be a compatability
problem when I've been using WinXp on this PC for two years (admittedly,
with stretches of problems the last six months).

What relevance is the mainframe info? None, apparently. I just thought it
might be useful, thinking that it is the core of the hardware. Ignorance.

Oh, while looking for compatability wizard I noticed in Services
Components-Services (Local) that the only thing disabled was Access to
Interface Device, so I enabled it. Hasn't corrected the hanging problem
though.

"Rob Schneider" <rmschne@removetheones_b1e1e1b.net.net> escribió en el
mensaje news:%23KCGRS1hEHA.2764@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> My hunch it's hardware ... memory would be my first guess, video
> card/driver? Have you run the compatibility wizard on this box to
> ensure it's ok to run XP? Does event log provide any clues?
>
> Curious: of what relevance is the information you provide about the
> mainframe?
>
> Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.
>
> rms
>
>
>
>
> LeRoy Ferguson wrote:
> > WinXP Home Edition hangs very often, on or off line, and I have to
unplug
> > and replug. Knowledge Base has an article that seems vaguely relevant
> > (314405), but it is from last year and promises a fix in a future
update; I
> > have all updates except Service Pack 2.
> >
> >
> >
> > Does it look like I have a software or a hardware problem? This may be a
> > clue: After each freeze, I'm allowed to advance more into the system
until
> > everything is working fine. Yesterday, for example, the screen froze
five
> > times within the first 15 minutes, but then ran well for three hours.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have plenty of memory and hard drive free, and am virus-free.
Mainframe is
> > MSI-638, v5.X. The system was reformatted by a pro shop three months
ago
> > and seemed to be running fine for a few weeks.
> >
> >

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Sorry, I replied to this message but it popped up out of thread. Here's
another try:

Please bear with me, Rob; I'm one of those old fogies permanently over his
head in PC waters.

I checked the event log, and although I have no idea what it means, I can
relay that it lists 8 Application errors, 2 Winlogin errors and 5 Event
System errors. I see Event numbers: 4609 (twice), 1,000 (twice), 1015, 1001.
There are Categories: (50) and (52). Does that tell you anything?

I also checked System (local) and see an error of W32 Time (event 29, not
available, PC) that seems to me to coincide exactly with the time of a very
recent hang. On this list I see that Event 7023 is listed for all error
cases.

I do not know how to find Compatability Wizard; a search is no help. Can you
steer me toward it? But I also wonder why there should be a compatability
problem when I've been using WinXp on this PC for two years (admittedly,
with stretches of problems the last six months).

What relevance is the mainframe info? None, apparently. I just thought it
might be useful, thinking that it is the core of the hardware. Ignorance.

Oh, while looking for compatability wizard I noticed in Services
Components-Services (Local) that the only thing disabled was Access to
Interface Device, so I enabled it. Hasn't corrected the hanging problem
though.

"Rob Schneider" <rmschne@removetheones_b1e1e1b.net.net> escribió en el
mensaje news:%23KCGRS1hEHA.2764@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> My hunch it's hardware ... memory would be my first guess, video
> card/driver? Have you run the compatibility wizard on this box to
> ensure it's ok to run XP? Does event log provide any clues?
>
> Curious: of what relevance is the information you provide about the
> mainframe?
>
> Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.
>
> rms
>
>
>
>
> LeRoy Ferguson wrote:
> > WinXP Home Edition hangs very often, on or off line, and I have to
unplug
> > and replug. Knowledge Base has an article that seems vaguely relevant
> > (314405), but it is from last year and promises a fix in a future
update; I
> > have all updates except Service Pack 2.
> >
> >
> >
> > Does it look like I have a software or a hardware problem? This may be a
> > clue: After each freeze, I'm allowed to advance more into the system
until
> > everything is working fine. Yesterday, for example, the screen froze
five
> > times within the first 15 minutes, but then ran well for three hours.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have plenty of memory and hard drive free, and am virus-free.
Mainframe is
> > MSI-638, v5.X. The system was reformatted by a pro shop three months
ago
> > and seemed to be running fine for a few weeks.
> >
> >