Vista is too good man...dont change it ...u must hav known abt the requirements of vista...1 GB ram, DVD rom, graphics & all...just check it...if its not up to the mark ....den dats the problem its freezing !!!

Try to uninstall the sound driver and video driver, one at a time through the device manager and restart. Let the computer search for and install the new ones from the net. I had the same problem and this fixed it.

Hope it helps

Very easy problem to fix. Reboot your computer when it's in the boot up stage just keep hitting the F8 Key. This will bring up the repair menu with a list of options. The hard drive in the Vista operating system is partitioned. This replaced your operating system disk from all previous operating systems as it is in a safe section of the hard drive out of the reach of viruses. You access it by hiting the F8 key during boot up. Start at the first option and work your way down until the problem is solved. Should take all of about 2 minutes.

For some reason my computer freezes when i have 2 programs running at the same time (Mostly games). it causes the computer to freeze on me.i have the highest quality computer so its not the comp requirments. i have never tryed the F8 though

Notice it is only the Quad proccessors that have this problem though. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I have a dual Core Dell 64 bit AMDX2 and my vista has started to do Almost the same thing....The Screen freezes but i can still move my mouse and use the CAD function...kinda weird im going to try the F8 option and see if that works

My compaq presario laptop would freeze up on certain website. i searched for months and finally found that if you check updates in the flash driver that some of microsofts updates there was a problem with updates for the flash drive i downloaded a version it said and mine has not froze up once since then might be coincidence but the realstate website always froze up and now its fine fine since.

Having the same problem, but only since I updated my system earlier today. I am currently investigating to see if its a virus, or a hardware conflict (as I run several peripherals, including 2 external HDDs) will report back if I find a solution.

Hi people, im having the same problem... another quadcore and a custom build.
I have it from 1 month and first i instaled Windows 7 RC1, installed the brand new drivers and had the freeze problem. I reinstalled 7 but didn't install the video driver for the zotac and it worked fine. Then (because some software didn't worket at all i turned back to XP x64 and had no problems until i got a virus XD. So i moved to Vista 64 and had the freeze problem again. I don't know what to do..

Im going to install Nvidia web drivers and see what happens

This is my pc:

Windows Vista x64
Intel QuadCore 8200 2.3 Ghz
4 GB Kingston RAM
HDD1 sata2 Hitachi 250 GB
HDD2 IDE Maxtor 40 GB
Zotac 8500 GeForce (by Nvidia)
DVD Rom LG

My machines been freezing up too.
it is'nt just vista though.
this what i have.
asus striker 2 extreme motherboard.
intel core2 quad 3.0 pross.
2, 1 gig ddr3 mem cards, brand is OCSZ think.
nvidia geforce 9800 GTX+ graghics card
800 watt power supply.
maxtar sata 320 gig hard drive for my os.
oddball sata 320 gig hard drive for media.

was running window xp pro when i first set up my machine.
no probs. ran good, could run anything with out glitching slowing up or freezing.
games were sweet. had it bout six months it started locking up. tryied figuring out couldnt find anything wrong.
hardware all seems fine drivers seemed good. updated when ever new updates. reinstalled o.s. and drivers. was good. till i updated and put games on. then started doing it again. would lock up during game play and during normal applications. tryied xp home edition same thing. well figured its all new hardware motherboard is vista ready. got vista on it now and did same. reinstalled vista and this time selectivly put drivers on left my energysaver chip drivers off. and evrything that applies to it. kept original drivers for graghics card, did not update. the ion update from nvidia for my card would lock my machine right up.
runs alright right now and no prob during game play. but when i shut a game off it hangs up and my o.s
glitches for awhile.

Hi I have been getting the same problem ever since I got vista64. I play a game, and sometimes just randomly it freezes. It dosent just freeze its like the screen has a little strobe light, and the audio track is all screwed up, and I cant do anything, mouse wont move, keyboard dosent work. The only way to fix this is to just manually reboot. This only happens with games though, or actually sometimes when im watching videos. Maybe this is a graphics card error IDK. I dont think its a PC or hardware problem though. I also use a dual core, so its not just quads that have this problem I just think its VISTA64 screwing up...

It's not Vista64 bit either. Im running Vista Home Premium 32bit and it locks up during games. Sometimes if it sits for long enough it will unlock but only once. Its the video drivers conflicting with the OS. Time to wipe the HDD...AGAIN
Running Vista with:
1gb Dual Channel DDR2 533mhz (i know its slow as balls)
AMD2+ Phenom 9600 (Quad 2.3)
EVGA 730a mobo (running the onboard graphics)
Nvidia 8200 (running with the generic vista drivers, fully updated)
WTF, i don't care how much you vista lovers say the bugs are fixed. THEY ARE NOT FIXED. im going back to good old XP....

I'm having the exact same problem. Vista, 2gb memory.
I don't have quad core so that's not the issue.

Does anyone have a solution for this? I've read all the replies but it seems to be mostly people restating the same problem rather than any solutions.

James

I have this problem, and getting sick of it, Been using Fedora 10 to see how it goes , plus Fedora finds my printer HP photoSmart 1000, although i can sub the drivers i donot get the same quality, But in Fedora everything is fine, is now just a case of sorting out wine. Plus Fedora is free and you get lots of software, it really does make microsoft look lame.