Computer Problems

[CreepingDave]

Hi all, I have had a problem with my computer for a few days now. Basically after a while after booting up, applications/windows just stops working. What I mean is, if IE is open, the page and everything works as normal, but if you try to go to a new page or open up favourites it locks up and crashes. The taskmanager also fails to open, and folders also lock up and cease to work. I have to do a 'hard' reset everytime. The weird thing is, the time it takes to reach this stage is different each time, sometimes within a few minutes, other times up to 30-40 mins. Perhaps I should keep a close look on what im using at the time, but I recall on most occassions it was nothing out of the ordinary.

I have no idea whats causing this, and im stumped on how to solve it. I know it was doing it after I installed a couple of programs, but I did a system restore and everything was fine for a few days. The problem came back again somehow, but unfortunately I lost all the restore points [due to hard disc space I think].

Any ideas on what it is? I don't think its a virus [though one could have corupted some files], and I think its possibly some sort of windows system file conflict, which causes the machine to crash.

Thanks for any help, but im not too optomistic on the response, since im not even too sure what im talking about!

[metlive]

format your windows hdd partition and reinstall win..
this should be the best solution