Frequent Screen Freeze

[TomT]

"Mr. Arnold" wrote:

>
> "EvChrysler300" <EvChrysler300@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B223B86D-8DD4-44A9-BA38-24D3055467D4@microsoft.com...
> >I can't because the situation is, Dell sold me the computer with XP, with
> >the
> > understanding the the "Vista Upgrade" was an added option - so it is an
> > "Upgrade" I don't think I can format my hard drive and get rid of XP - It
> > is
> > not a full version of Vista. Thank you Mr. Arnold. -
> >
>
> Well, Compaq sold me a laptop with Windows ME, which was causing the
> wireless to crash the O/S with the wireless card installed. They told me if
> I went to Win 2K at the time, they would not support the O/S on the machine.
> I didn't need them to support it. I went to Win 2K on the laptop and never
> looked back.
>
> I got a HP laptop recently which had Vista Premium and it didn't fore fill
> my needs. HP told me if I upgraded, that they wouldn't support Ultimate
> either. I didn't need them to support it in the first place, either. So, I
> upgraded and never looked back.
>
> Vista Upgrade is a "full version" of Vista. I don't even know where you're
> coming up with the nonsense on that one, Vista Upgrade not being a full
> version of Vista. Who told you that? <g>
>
> If you have the retail version of Vista Upgrade on a DVD/CD, then you can
> boot off of the DVD/CD, format the HD, wipe out XP and lay down Vista in its
> entirety on the HD.
>
> Sometimes, you have to take matters into your own hands to fix things,
> because know one is going to do it for you, and you have to support things
> yourself.
>
>
>

[TomT]

When I do a clean install of my windows vista ultimate a popup arrives
telling me that my windows vista ultimate upgrade can't be installed without
the xp OS onboard. How do I get around that situation?

"Mr. Arnold" wrote:

>
> "EvChrysler300" <EvChrysler300@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B223B86D-8DD4-44A9-BA38-24D3055467D4@microsoft.com...
> >I can't because the situation is, Dell sold me the computer with XP, with
> >the
> > understanding the the "Vista Upgrade" was an added option - so it is an
> > "Upgrade" I don't think I can format my hard drive and get rid of XP - It
> > is
> > not a full version of Vista. Thank you Mr. Arnold. -
> >
>
> Well, Compaq sold me a laptop with Windows ME, which was causing the
> wireless to crash the O/S with the wireless card installed. They told me if
> I went to Win 2K at the time, they would not support the O/S on the machine.
> I didn't need them to support it. I went to Win 2K on the laptop and never
> looked back.
>
> I got a HP laptop recently which had Vista Premium and it didn't fore fill
> my needs. HP told me if I upgraded, that they wouldn't support Ultimate
> either. I didn't need them to support it in the first place, either. So, I
> upgraded and never looked back.
>
> Vista Upgrade is a "full version" of Vista. I don't even know where you're
> coming up with the nonsense on that one, Vista Upgrade not being a full
> version of Vista. Who told you that? <g>
>
> If you have the retail version of Vista Upgrade on a DVD/CD, then you can
> boot off of the DVD/CD, format the HD, wipe out XP and lay down Vista in its
> entirety on the HD.
>
> Sometimes, you have to take matters into your own hands to fix things,
> because know one is going to do it for you, and you have to support things
> yourself.
>
>
>

[imujval]

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[amschroeder]

I had a similar problem with a custom built machine. The screen would freeze and I would lose control of my mouse and keyboard. I would be forced to hard-reboot.


After 3 weeks I noticed audiodg.exe was creating a huge amount of handles without releasing them (in the hundreds of thousands). While your problems might not be caused by audiodg.exe -- it could be caused by another process. I recommend you do the following:

Press CTRL + ALT + DELETE to bring up task manager. Then switch to the performance tab and verify that the number of handles are not increasing rapidly. Mine would increase at about 3-10 handles per second when audio was playing.

If you find the number of handles increasing -- click on the processes tab. Click show processes from all users. Then go to View -> Select columns. Select "Handles" to be displayed -- and any other columns you think could be useful. For me, this was how I identified audiodg.exe to be my problem. If you find that this is your problem also, go here for a solution:

http://schroeder-dev.com/node/1

If you find that another process is your problem -- search around on google. There will almost definitely be a solution for it. Post your results back here!