PC just hangs!

I bought my PC in June last year and since day 1 it keeps hanging... to start
with I thought it was because Vista was new, but it's still doing it, no
updates have solved the problem.

Has anyone any idea what it can be?

It just hangs, usually once or twice a day... Always at different times, not
just when I am using one program so I can't pin it down to any of the
software. On a normal day I just have Outlook and IE open, nothing else,
occasionally I'll have Windows Media Player open as well.

I have to hold the on/off button down to turn it off, and sometimes it
doesn't even come back on straight away. A few times it's even said boot
disk needed at the start, so I just turn off again and it loads up ok!

It's really frustrating now!

Probably your Display Adapter driver (video card) SP1 is going to fix a lot
of that in a couple of weeks.

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"Jo" <Jo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0DDF0E75-A4D6-4188-9CB3-4EA451D4C140@microsoft.com...
>I bought my PC in June last year and since day 1 it keeps hanging... to
>start
> with I thought it was because Vista was new, but it's still doing it, no
> updates have solved the problem.
>
> Has anyone any idea what it can be?
>
> It just hangs, usually once or twice a day... Always at different times,
> not
> just when I am using one program so I can't pin it down to any of the
> software. On a normal day I just have Outlook and IE open, nothing else,
> occasionally I'll have Windows Media Player open as well.
>
> I have to hold the on/off button down to turn it off, and sometimes it
> doesn't even come back on straight away. A few times it's even said boot
> disk needed at the start, so I just turn off again and it loads up ok!
>
> It's really frustrating now!

"Jo" <Jo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0DDF0E75-A4D6-4188-9CB3-4EA451D4C140@microsoft.com...
> I bought my PC in June last year and since day 1 it keeps hanging... to
> start
> with I thought it was because Vista was new, but it's still doing it, no
> updates have solved the problem.
>
> Has anyone any idea what it can be?
>
> It just hangs, usually once or twice a day... Always at different times,
> not
> just when I am using one program so I can't pin it down to any of the
> software. On a normal day I just have Outlook and IE open, nothing else,
> occasionally I'll have Windows Media Player open as well.
>
> I have to hold the on/off button down to turn it off, and sometimes it
> doesn't even come back on straight away. A few times it's even said boot
> disk needed at the start, so I just turn off again and it loads up ok!
>
> It's really frustrating now!

That is probably a hardware fault.
Is it under warrantee? If so have it fixed.
If not post back and ask for more help.

If it is a hardware problem you can take a look at the Diagnostics lights in
the back. Usually it is a row of 4 green lights that can change to red. It
is a code system. It is maker specific.

Go to your manufacturer's site and key for Diagnostics lights + your model
number. It will give you on-line documentation for the model. Find the page
where the light codes are described and see if it gives you any hint.

After that you can go online for a live concierge talk with the support team
at your manufacturer's. If you get ready with this information it will make
the exchange much easier.


"Jo" <Jo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0DDF0E75-A4D6-4188-9CB3-4EA451D4C140@microsoft.com...
>I bought my PC in June last year and since day 1 it keeps hanging... to
>start
> with I thought it was because Vista was new, but it's still doing it, no
> updates have solved the problem.
>
> Has anyone any idea what it can be?
>
> It just hangs, usually once or twice a day... Always at different times,
> not
> just when I am using one program so I can't pin it down to any of the
> software. On a normal day I just have Outlook and IE open, nothing else,
> occasionally I'll have Windows Media Player open as well.
>
> I have to hold the on/off button down to turn it off, and sometimes it
> doesn't even come back on straight away. A few times it's even said boot
> disk needed at the start, so I just turn off again and it loads up ok!
>
> It's really frustrating now!