OS is 2000 pro...dont know the mother board...memory is 5000000k or something...HD space left is a few GB (i could have sworn my dads hard drive was 120 Gigs..but it says only 10 gigs..thats a nother question though,i did have it repaired a year ago..maybe it got switched?) Procceser is a pentium III .dont know any of the others

i have not been doing anything before it freezes....its making me mad

by freezes i mean..nothing will open..the toolbar goes 'hollow' (you can see the outline..but nothing inside)...the mouse still moves..i can CTRL ALT DELETE once...but the task manager never opens...its crazy...its never happened before...no expired software is on it...

im begging for help...

THnx
David

p.s..my AIM screen name is ctrlaltdelete06
please IM me and help me
Thnx again

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Well, lets start with the basics. Have you tried scanning for errors. or doing a defrag for the HD yet?
Would that do anything?....would the new microsoft patch fix it?...how do i check for errors?

sniffer,

we'll need to know your operating system, what you were doing just before it started freezing, are the cooling fans working, and anything else you can tell us.
thats the thing..i can turn it on..log on..leave the room and not touch it...go back 5 minutes later...and it will be farked up....

Also, How much of your HD space have you used?
about 2 GB...would that effect it?

Go into setup..............depending on your machine that will be F1, F2, F10, Delete, Escape (even TAB?) as the machine boots up..............there should be a prompt appear on the screen when you power up.

Go into "power management" turn OFF all power saving options, sleep, snooze and so on. You want it set to be on all the time...............all of it hdds, screen the lot.
this has NEVER happened before!....do i still need to change stuff?....i havent tryed to boot it in safe mode yet...how do i do this ?...F12?