Can someone help me big windows problem

when i start windows it boots ok but when i open a page or anything else my computer freezes up and i can't do anything at all and the only way i can get back to main window is to turn off pc with the power button and then turn it back on any information you can give me would be greatly appreciated thanx

 

Start by posting your Systems specs, include your PSU brand & model

 

gateway
window XP sp2
60g hard drive
pentium 3 processor
1.59ghz 256mb of ram

hope this helps out sorry i forgot to add this in to original post

 

P3 & 256mb ram, Eek & running XP
Not ideal for XP, have you been running XP for while?

 

sorry p4 and yes i have always had XP on this comp shd check everything as i type

 

a p3 or p4 is more then enough to run xp, a p2 is capible of running xp just fine.

 

i need to know why it freezes up when i do something on it it just started doing that today was working fine last night when i left it then i got on it today and everytime i opened a page it froze up and i had to turn it off with the power button and turn it back on and i just recently reformatted it too

 

now when it freezes i get a driver error Graphic driver and the only way that i can do anything after that is shut down with the power button

 

What exact driver error?
What Video card are you running?

Try safe mode, check device manager for problems

 

there is 3 or 4 driver errors and one just says graphics driver i can't get em because the screen freezes and i can't click anything

 

Have you installed or updated any software recently, including Explorer7?

Have you added any new hardware recently?

Reboot the system and watch the time
Go to control panel>administative tools>Event Viewer
click on each of the three logs and post the details of event AT THE TIME OF FREEEZING

Studio T

 

How silly of me. Sorry. I forgot to ask

Can you do anything at all before it freezes?
If not can you get to safe mode by pressing F8 at bootup?
If not does the pc freeze in bios (setup), before any windows loads?

Studio T

 

yea i can do a little before it freezes up but not alot

 

Then how about answering the questions so we can help?

Studio T

 

Note for the Major Geeks

I received an Email, allegedly from MG about this thread saying that someone signed Ahmed Alsayed had posted in this thread.

The copy text was in Arabic, which I can't read.

I did try to put a contact on my profile but couldn't work out how to do it so I can't discuss this off thread which I really should.

Studio T