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Originally Posted by djstevie
Already done a virus, spyware scan and it found nothing. Also tried the memtest on the ram but aint tested the CPU yet...the thing happens randomnly, normally when opening a program of some sort. The prog will load then the egg timer appears on the arrow then bosh, nothing. Can still move the mouse icon but it stays at the egg timer hence i cant click on anything. Need to reach for the power off button at that point  |
have you tried leaving it for a while, rather than powering off?
reason I ask is that I run ZoneAlarm & have had similar lockups, but if I leave the pc for a little while, it suddenly 'comes back to life' - and even weirder, eventually stops doing it???