I have just got a new Dell Dim 9200 with Vista. Every 5 - 10 mins (not exact)
it hangs, if I have the CPU monitor open, it goes to 100%!. It stays in this
state for around 10 seconds.The caps lock & num lock do not function during
this period, nor does ctrl alt del. It does not matter whether the PC is
using MS office or IE when it occurs. the PC is linked to th enet via an
ethernet cable to a NETGEAR router. AOL is the ISP, although I never use
their software. MCAfee is my antivirus. External peripherals are a HP deskjet
990cxi & a phillips web cam.
Any ideas?
Pádraig.

Have you gone through the Programs applet in Control Panel and
checked for Dell "Fluff" you might want to remove ? Generally on
a new machine you'll have a time period where the Indexing service
will be cataloging the PC's contents. McAfee (or Norton) is just a
"Ball-&-Chain" that really impacts performance.

Basically all OEM PCs require what I refer to as "De-Dell-ifying"
(Substitute your vendor for 'Dell') They all add stuff to their master
image that overall kills the performance you expect from a new PC.

I'd probably download/run SysInternals "Process Explorer" with it
you can quickly isolate issues like you've described.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...sExplorer.mspx


"pmckeag" <pmckeag@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have just got a new Dell Dim 9200 with Vista. Every 5 - 10 mins (not
>exact)
> it hangs, if I have the CPU monitor open, it goes to 100%!. It stays in
> this
> state for around 10 seconds.The caps lock & num lock do not function
> during
> this period, nor does ctrl alt del. It does not matter whether the PC is
> using MS office or IE when it occurs. the PC is linked to th enet via an
> ethernet cable to a NETGEAR router. AOL is the ISP, although I never use
> their software. MCAfee is my antivirus. External peripherals are a HP
> deskjet
> 990cxi & a phillips web cam.
> Any ideas?
> Pádraig.

Could be the initial indexing on a new computer. Seems to take a week or so
to complete and you can't turn it off. I never heard of it freezing the
computer. Contact Dell by using Chat if you are in the US. Dell Tech Talk
would be a good place to check for help, too.
http://www.dellcommunity.com/support...board.id=vista

"pmckeag" wrote:

> I have just got a new Dell Dim 9200 with Vista. Every 5 - 10 mins (not exact)
> it hangs, if I have the CPU monitor open, it goes to 100%!. It stays in this
> state for around 10 seconds.The caps lock & num lock do not function during
> this period, nor does ctrl alt del. It does not matter whether the PC is
> using MS office or IE when it occurs. the PC is linked to th enet via an
> ethernet cable to a NETGEAR router. AOL is the ISP, although I never use
> their software. MCAfee is my antivirus. External peripherals are a HP deskjet
> 990cxi & a phillips web cam.
> Any ideas?
> Pádraig.