What makes a computer freeze up and restart when trying to log on Internet using dial up?

Question

My moms computer will freeze up and often restart when it is trying to log on to the internet. She is running windows 98, and is using a dial up connection.

Answer 1

There are several primary areas that could be causing your computer to freeze.The most likely reason is that Corruption within your registry keys, registry classes, and registry settings.Any time you make a change to any of your computers settings and surfing online, they are stored and updated in the registry.Over time,the registry can grow to enormous proportions and full of junk and errors.So if you run a program,it will take a long time to required registry file and sometime it cant find its registry files since regsitry errors and then it has to sit there.So your computer will freeze.

You need to run a self diagnostic program called regsitry cleaner.This program is very very useful,it can fix regsitry errors,clean registry remnant,corrupt files and temp files in a few minutes.Then give you a bran-new and high-speed computer.There are collection and comparison of top rated registry cleaner:

http://www.speed-up-your-pc.com/ .You can download and scan your computer for free.

Answer 2

Spyware. Tell your mom to buy a new computer since Ms stop supporting 98 a long time ago.

Answer 3

well it does that mostly when  ur computer has a virus, or its an old computer

Answer 4

Check http://www.pcoptimizerprodownload.com

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Answer 5

it sounds like a mixture of a virus and an old system trying to do it's best.

which today is not good enough.

sort out the virus and get off the old fashiond dial up ..

then you might have half a chance..