Computer freezes intermittently at desktop after startup

Only happens every so often, sometimes only maybe once every week or so. It boots okay, then freezes at around 5 to 10 seconds at the desktop screen. Doesn't matter whether you move the cursor or not. Recently ran all of the clean up tools in the read me thread for another problem I had. It fixed that problem, but unfortunately not the freezing. Here's the thread where TimW kindly helped: http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=229532

The day after TimW confirmed the logs were clean, the computer froze twice in a row, but has been okay since. I've also got a temp folder problem on my other computer. Do I need to start a new thread for that?

Thanks.

 

Greetings, Billy32.

Unfortunately, intermittent freezes such as yours can be the hardest problems to troubleshoot.

You might try looking at your Event Viewer for any obvious flags at or near the time of the next crash.

If the freeze occurs with any regularity, try booting into Safe Mode and see if the symptoms change, which would indicate some startup or 3rd-party program is causing the issue.

You might also try disabling any 'phone-home' applications (antivirus definitions updates, any update schedulers) in case they are are hogging resources at startup.

 

Thanks for the swift response Caliban.

Yeah, I was thinking that was the case, thanks anyway. It might be Avast causing the problems. I'll disable it, to see if that helps.

 

Hmm, Disable your antivirus - Avast?? rolleyes

Why not try turning Off the Automatic Update feature.
Click the "Settings" tab at upper left and just set "Engine and Virus Definitions" to Manual.

What version are you using.
Current ver. for the Free edition is 5.1.677.

 

Thanks for the suggestions guys, but I think I've pinpointed the problem. Kodak Easyshare software was loading at the startup (2 items), even though this program was uninstalled. Ran the uninstaller from the Kodak website and it managed to get rid of one item from startup, but the other still remains. Plus there's still loads of Kodak left over files in various locations. Would it be ok to manually delete these from the search results?

mjnc - sorry, yeah thats what I meant. :-o

 

OK! - not a problem.

If you just need an easy way to manage startup items, Startup Control Panel Standalone Version 2.8 is small, fast loading and easy to use.

 

Cheers mjnc. I'll check it out.