Jump to content

Welcome to Geeks to Go - Register now for FREE

Need help with your computer or device? Want to learn new tech skills? You're in the right place!
Geeks to Go is a friendly community of tech experts who can solve any problem you have. Just create a free account and post your question. Our volunteers will reply quickly and guide you through the steps. Don't let tech troubles stop you. Join Geeks to Go now and get the support you need!

How it Works Create Account
Photo

Computer freezes after about 15 mins of inactivity


  • Please log in to reply

#1
JakM123

JakM123

    New Member

  • Member
  • Pip
  • 1 posts
Hey. My computer keeps freezing after about 15 mins of inactivity. I removed the screen saver thinking that might help but it didnt :)
I restored back to my factory settings to sort it before but I dont want to do that again.

If anyone could help would be appreciated.
  • 0

Advertisements


#2
lainey1976

lainey1976

    New Member

  • Member
  • Pip
  • 1 posts
I'm having the same issue with my computer - I have deactivated the Screensaver and Hibernate mode but after about 30 mins of inactivity it freezes.
I have also tried a system restore back to a date that I know it was working ok ... but no luck!
Any ideas?
  • 0

#3
dvdsnak

dvdsnak

    New Member

  • Member
  • Pip
  • 1 posts
I have excatly the same problem. I've reinstalled drivers, disabled hibernation and screensaver etc. Can anybody help ?

I have Vista SP1 on a Dell XPS m1530 laptop
Cheers

Mikkel

Edited by dvdsnak, 17 March 2009 - 03:11 AM.

  • 0

#4
Dark-Messiah 1234

Dark-Messiah 1234

    New Member

  • Member
  • Pip
  • 1 posts
Hi everyone

I'm new here but very recently i had the same problem with VISTA 64bit.
I started up my machine and after exactly 17 minutes after boot everything froze up. i didnt even start anything...

It seemed however that, because i had the sidebar on, some bad working gadgets on vista were the cause.
the moment I deleted them, the machine was stable. Not just delete them of the sidebar, but in the selection area as well.
Someone told me they remain active sometimes even if they aren't showed.

I rebooted to test and even now after 1h45 minutes of idleness everything runs smooth once again...

Anyway I hope it is of any help.

Regards

EDIT: Never mind pc still freezes... sometimes after 2 hours or so, and now even after 4 minutes...
really annoying... I still think however those badly worked out gadgets are terrible for the machine anyway :) :)

EDIT 2: Now I also deleted the ini file which is used by the sidebar... I restarted the sidebar and changed al the gadgets i wanted back. now it seems completely fixed... i'll keep in touch for this!
because the machine freezes at startup it has to be a problem that happens due to the startup... so check all the files u use when starting up... to do this type msconfig in the 'run' menu in windows start...

EDIT 3: Nope, problem still occurs but it does seem only to happen to me when the sidebar activates on startup (again this time after 4 minutes)... now i turned machine off and on again (no reboot just as if you start up the pc), and it now runs smoothly after 30 minutes of inactivity from startup without the sidebar activated... I'm going to try and keep the thing deactivated to see if i still lockup.

EDIT 4: lockup seems also to happen with sidebar deactivated, which means that it's not the issue... however it locks up a lot less it seems then when activated. i'm starting to truly believe this is a vista error of some kind...

Edited by Dark-Messiah 1234, 02 May 2009 - 05:23 AM.

  • 0






Similar Topics

0 user(s) are reading this topic

0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users

As Featured On:

Microsoft Yahoo BBC MSN PC Magazine Washington Post HP