Computer freezes when left on

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Does this system have a screensaver enabled? Set it to have no screensaver.
Go to Control Panel >>Appearance and Themes >> next select Display >> look at Screen Saver tab.

Is it set to power off the hard drive after xx amount of idle time ?
Control Panel >> Performance and Maintenance >> Power Options.

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Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
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Andy Hoe wrote:
> Hi all, I want to leave my main computer on all the time as I share a
> printer and music from it. When I'm using it it's fine and I have no
> problems but when I leave it say overnight, without fail in the
> morning the machine is frozen and I have to press the reset switch to
> reboot it. When it comes back on the event logs show nothing and it
> acts as though nothing has happened. I thought it was perhaps
> something to do with power saving so I turned that all off and the
> same thing happens - the mouse and keyboard don't respond and it's
> frozen. Any tips on what to look for? I've just rebuilt my machine
> and it's happening again. Thanks,
> Andy
>
> Win XP Pro SP2 - all updates

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"Andy Hoe" <andyLOVESsPAM@monkonLOVESsPAM.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Maurice N ~ MVP wrote:
>> Does this system have a screensaver enabled? Set it to have no
>> screensaver.
>> Go to Control Panel >>Appearance and Themes >> next select Display >>
>> look at Screen Saver tab.
>>
>> Is it set to power off the hard drive after xx amount of idle time ?
>> Control Panel >> Performance and Maintenance >> Power Options.
>>
> It did have all those enabled but doesn't any more - taken it all off, all
> the power schemes are set to never and there is no screen saver - I'm
> still stumped!

Try booting into safe mode and leaving it running in safe mode over night.
Better yet go to www.memtest.org download memtest86+ and let it run over
night. If it's not locked up in the morning then you have a software or
driver problem. If it is locked up then you have a hardware problem.
Whichever it is your job is now 50% easier. Start eliminating things one at
a time until it's working.

Kerry