Try running the free diagnostic tools from the hard drive manufacturer's website - this'll give you an idea if it's the hard drive.
Here's an excellent resource for recovering from a corrupt registry (even has a video): http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307545 Ensure that...
Take a look in the Processes tab of Task Manager for activity that may point to the culprit. Double clicking on the CPU column will force the...
Just my 2 cents, but I would double check with another antivirus and antispyware scanner. Recently I've seen quite a few crashes caused by...
Just to add to this, I've run Portable Firefox, Portable Thunderbird, and Portable OpenOffice from my flash drive for several months without...
Have you disabled/removed the power tools that came with the laptop? On my Toshiba M45 laptop the Toshiba power tools would conflict with my...
The latest beta version of the Comodo firewall works with Vista - but it still has a few glitches in it. FWIW - here's a link to a wiki with...
I'm running the Vista RTM with XP in a VM - no issues and no crashes! I had plenty of crashes with RC1 and 2 - so this is a relief.
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