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Old 04-17-2008, 09:50 PM   #4 (permalink)
OvenMaster
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Originally Posted by deankenny View Post
or just not use dial up
When a PC freezes up it has nothing to do with dialup internet access.
Whenever my Win95 DEC system froze up it was from CPU overheating. Yes, a 133MHz Pentium 1. Forcing more air through the heatsink with a piece of cardboard on the fan solved that problem.
Like adarsh says, it could also be a malware infection.
What OS are you using? Any other system specs?
Tom
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