How Do You Troubleshoot Windows XP Freezing & Shutting Down?
If your copy of Windows XP regularly freezes on you and shuts itself down, it could be the sign of a very serious hardware issue with your computer. It could also be a sign that you simply did not do something properly when you set up your operating system. Troubleshoot to find the root of the problem, which you can do with Windows XP in just a few minutes. Close any programs that you’re not using. Your Windows XP computer only has a finite amount of available memory. If all of that memory gets used up by having many different programs opened, Windows XP will freeze up on you. If that happens, Windows XP could automatically shut itself down to try and clear memory resources. Keep superfluous software closed to prevent this. Upgrade your computer’s RAM. If you are set on having many different programs open on your computer at once, an easy (but not cheap) solution would be to simply upgrade your random access memory. This will give Windows XP room to “breath” as it were, and allow you t
