xp freezes have to do hard shutdown

[BigAngry15]

Ok I have a dell Lat810 Laptop.
I have 1 gig procs.
256 ram
40 gig hard drive.

I am running XP Pro clean license. I have been haveing a problem where my Laptop would freeze on my while running some programs or surfing the web, running kazaa, or just talking on AIM. I have all my virus software up to date. I also have the problem where I find if i play counterstrike or any online game it will freeze forcing a hard shutdown. I am woundering if anyone has had this problem, i have heard about IRQ conflicts how do u fix those any advice would be great.

 

[linney]

What software has been installed prior to this problem starting? Software may be conflicting with windows or with other software. Common causes are Anti Virus and Security type programs or CD Burning programs.

To get further information about the error look in your Event viewer.
Look in the System or Application folder. You can get to the Event Viewer via right click My Computer icon and select Manage.
Any errors logged in the Event Viewer can be expanded by double clicking on the error line.
Take any event error I.D. number and search for it on this site.

http://www.eventid.net/events.asp

Also check any "Information" line that mentions "savedump" and you should find reference to "recovered from a bug check". This is the Stop Error that caused your problem.
You can also turn off "automatically restart after an error" so it will just halt at the fault and display the full Stop Error and blue screen.
Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties .
On the Advanced tab, click Settings under Startup and Recovery.
Click to clear the Automatically restart check box under System failure , and then click OK . The error message on a blue screen should remain on the screen so you can record the error information.


How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP (Q310560)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q310/5/60.asp

Run the System file checker (SFC) using the command "sfc /scannow" from the run box.
This will check if any installed software has corrupted your System Files.

HOW TO: Verify Unsigned Device Drivers in Windows XP(Q308514)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q308/5/14.asp

Check if you have any unrequired services running in the background. This site is a good reference to check them out.

http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

Get yourself a copy of Ad-Aware or SpyBot freeware off the net and check your machine for Spyware or Adware that might be phoning home.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/prmd_stp_hyzf.asp

Use this Freeware memory program to check your RAM.

http://www.memtest86.com/