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XP Random Freeze

I have 7 XP pro machines on a corporate network (Novell).
All of them except mine and one other, freeze when
starting up, or working within a program. Screen savers have been turned off. I am testing the compatability mode with the email client as of this morning but wondered if anyone else may have some suggestions.

t1n0m3n

Sounds like a ram problem.
Try switching ram with on of the ones that does not have the problem and see if the problems moves with the ram.

cliff_mcloughlin

Many freezes in Win XP are due to video drivers. Try different ones for your graphics cards - WinXP built in, manufaturers, etc. The latest may NOT always be the greatest!!

djohnson1

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These are DELL Dimension 4300's right out of the manufacter's box.

WinXP (Originally HOME but upg. to PRO)
OfficeXP
Novell Client32 for NT/XP
Latest updates installed
Third party email client (ExpressIT! 2000).

Had same problems with HOME that I do with PRO version.
Does sound like a hardward issue but not sure what. I printed the error log and found several of the following with different applications:

Hanging application EXP32.EXE,version 0.0.0.0, hang module hungapp, version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000.

Hanging application EXCEL.EXE,version 10.0.2614.0, hang module hungapp, version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000.

Maybe this extra info will help?

cliff_mcloughlin

I've read of problems with Dell laptops with (I think) NVidia video chipsets having drivers wich hang under XP. Do you know what video chipset you are using?

djohnson1

ASKER

16mb ATI RAGE 128 ULTRA
This is a desktop PC.
P4 1.6ghz
with 256mb ram

djohnson1

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16mb ATI RAGE 128 ULTRA
This is a desktop PC.
P4 1.6ghz
with 256mb ram

t1n0m3n

did the problem move with the ram? or did it stay?

djohnson1

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problem stays with the machine. I read on another board where others are having the same problem...but no answers.

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djohnson1

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Problem solved. The Novell client32 version for NT needed updated to 4.83. This took care of the problem.

How do I close this out? Nobody had the answer.

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