How to Avoid desktop freezes

[spectre330]

Sometimes the desktop freezes and all icons disappear and then there are usually reappear after a few seconds. This always happens with me once or twoce during 1 hour session of my login . Please tell me the way i can avoid this sudden desktop freeze in windows xp, Thanking you

[shahid khan]

Viruses, spyware, corrupt or applications can cause false stops desktop. A badly written program will crash the computer, resulting in a freezing office, followed by numerous errors. All you have to do is get rid of files or corrupted files, or install antivirus software. You can also try a registry cleaner! Registry Easy is the leading tool in the industry, preventing hundreds of errors in a day.

[Tillie]

Repairing WinXP install is another option. Think Hardware causes freeze: Make sure all your hardware meet the requirements of Windows XP. Make sure your CPU is sitting with the appropriate thermal paste on the bottom of the heatsink and CPU fan is operating normally, the case is properly ventilated, the PSU meets the material needs of your machine, and the disc is hard not to die on you.

[Nebersek]

This problem is caused by the Explorer.exe process that handles Windows Explorer, the desktop and taskbar in a multithreaded process. To solve this problem it is sufficient to separate these tasks into separate processes, Windows Explorer within a single process and the desktop and the taskbar in another process.

This change requires a little manipulation in the registry:

1. First open the registry database through the start menu and type regedit in Run
2. Then locate the key HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
3. Then create a DWORD value named DesktopProcess
4. Set its value to "1" to separate processes
5. Finally restart the computer or to avoid restarting the computer follow this little tip: Do not reconnect after a change in the register

[worm4u]

Perform the following actions:

• May be your pc having a virus or malware. Download Norton Security Scan , its free. Perform a free virus scan.
  
• Also to make your pc free from spywares Download Ad-Aware and
  
• And it can be because of some unsigned drivers, see this help Verify Unsigned Device Drivers in Windows XP
  
• Perform a DISK CLEANUP as Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Disk Cleanup.
  
• Also do the defrag of your hard disk partitions.

[Raiz]

Refer to following threads:

Desktop and Taskbar Freezing
Windows XP Pro Frozen at Desktop
XP Freezes on Start-up
Explorer.exe freezing / locking