Why does windows vista freeze sometimes? ?

Question

Like today for no reason I was just on Itunes listening to my Itunes Library the songs i bought the other day, And bam it freezes and i had to hold in the power button for a few seconds and restart it that way it also freezes sometimes when I just have a few programs downloading, and stuff, I have no virus no spyware or nothing the computer I say is a year old, its the newest gateway system, I bought it off of HSN network, t.v. But it always runs perfect but this happens to me now and then, also my fan in the modem will roar really loud, I called gateway about this I called three times for different people so I can see what they say they said its nothing its just how it cools down faster witch I agree I'm on this thing all day lol, But the thing is I emailed them to they said if it runs perfect and just makes a loud fan roaring noise its just cooling and nothing to worry about everything is up to date on here I just don't get why the unsuspecting freezes now and then.

Answer 1

omg that happened to mee to hah idk why it does that but i like windows vista

Answer 2

the problem would be most likely be resolved if u change the memory module and replace with a new one because in using more application the cache will not work with ssome memeory module and if u replace u will find the solution.

Answer 3

ughhh that happens to me too it always says "internet explorer has stopped working" then everything I'm doing shuts off and the screen refreshes vista is quite the butt -__-

Answer 4

maybe you're doing too many things at once and don't have a lot of memory. you could have a lot of processes running that clog up your computer and causes it to freeze.

check the processes running by pressing ctrl + alt + delete and clicking the processes tab. delete anything you don't need (google the names if you're unsure)

Answer 5

You may need to upgrade your ram, the same problem happens to me all the time, especially when i had vista home premium, so I had to use home basic because it required less ram and the problem ended.

Answer 6

its Vista it just does it sometimes... theres no real way to fix , unless you get a quad core system, which vista is really ideally suited for.