Computer Locks Up

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jljhlhl

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Randomly when I'm surfing the internet my computer will lockup and go to 100% CPU usage. I have scanned for viruses, spyware, etc, and nothing comes up.

Any ideas? This is my desktop computer.
 
When you say "lockup" you mean it freezes and you have to restart?If yes check how your computer's temps are?Might be overheating problem..I don't think so,but check it just to be sure,
 
It could well be things loading in the background that are causing a clash of some type. You could try the msconfig utitlity to disable a number of items in the startup group there to see if that clears this up. You might want to run a registry cleaner for removing anything left over after you removed a program. A freeware known as RegCleaner can be downloaded free at http://www.majorgeeks.com/RegCleaner_d460.html
 
It doesnt force me to restart, it just freezes for up to 20 seconds. If I hit ctrl + alt + delete, it makes it return to normal faster.

I've run CCleaner, I'll look at msconfig.
 
One thing you may want to try out is the chkdsk utility the next time you boot the system. As soons as the post tests come to an end you press the F8 key to enter into the boot menu. On some boards you may have to wait a little longer to get past the menu to choose which drive to boot from. In the menu where you would choose between the normal startup, safe mode, and the last know configuration that worked options you would choose the safe mode with command prompt only option. Once at the prompt you would type "chkdsk /f" or "chkdsk /r" to see if that will locate and repair any errors found on the drive. It sounds like that could help there.
 
CHKDSK may help, but note that using the /r switch can cause CHKDSK to take a LONG time to complete.

The /r switch causes check disk to check the disk at the sector level, sector by sector. The /f switch checks the file system, security descriptors, etc., and is usually sufficient to fix file system issues.

See this link for more information:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/chkdsk.mspx?mfr=true

Do not stop the check disk utility once it has started (i.e. do not "reset" the machine. This can cause corruption on the disk.

Hope this helps,

Jimmy
 
Have you installed or removed anything recently? Besides the checkdisk utility there another pair of tools you can try with one being the system file checker. If anything hung onto a needed system file it could be a loose driver being loaded alnog with IE from a tool bar or some other program trying to connect out.

You can start the system file checker if you have the Windows installation disk in the cd drive by typing "sfc /scannow" at the Run prompt and pressing the enter key. That will usually run for several minutes in order to verify the condition of and repair or replace anything found corrupted or missing. A registry cleaner is the second item to run to see what one of those can fix. Those find and remove any leftovers and repair crosslinks in the registry itself. RegCleaner is one great freeware found at http://www.majorgeeks.com/RegCleaner_d460.html
 
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