Re: Xp crash

"Richard Braun" <rbraun1@charter.net> wrote in message
news:5ZBxj.44$By.12@newsfe06.lga...
> My WindowsXp SP2 will freeze while sitting idle, with screen saver and
> power saver turned off. The mouse pointer disappears, and ctrl-alt-del
> does nothing. After turning off and restarting, everything appears to
> work normally, and as long as I'm doing some work at the keyboard or
> with the mouse there are no problems. If I let it idle, chances are
> that a half hour later it will have frozen up again. I'm on the
> internet via high speed cable and use McAfee anti virus. What could
> cause the freezeup, and how would I go about troubleshooting to find
> the culprit?

The first thing I would consider is some hardware issue. What is the
make and model of your PC? How much memory do you have?