intermittent USB mouse freezes on new install 64-bit

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• Intermittent USB mouse freeze

  Problem: The mouse cursor freezes intermittently for 3 to 8 seconds or more.  This happens usually when I click on a web link while I'm browsing the internet, but it can happen also when I am with other applications (or just in the background) at random times.  I use WiFi for my internet connection, and my WiFi connection is often flakey, frequently disconnect and reconnect.  The keyboard and touchpad work very well during these gels.  I've owned my system for 11 months, but this problem only is surface a few months ago.  These gels seem to occur just before that I was notified of a low battery level.

  Hardware: Wireless mouse from Logitech G7, Sager NP9262 for laptop, Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 processor clocked at 2.66 GHz, dual Nvidia GeForce 8800 M GTX in SLI, 4 GB memory DDR2/800, Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 802.11a/g/n wireless Bluetooth, 3 hard disks, etc.

  Software: Logitech SetPoint Control Center 4.72.40 (same driver version), Windows Vista Ultimate 6.0.6001 (64-bit) build 6001 SP1 and all current updates, ZoneAlarm Firewall 8.0.298, AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.5.339, Open Office, Firefox 3.0.11, process Explorer 11.33 3.1.0 SeaMonkey 1.1.16, Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0.2 Nero Home Essentials SE, Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6.2.0 Quicken 2006 Basic version R3 , iTunes 8.2, Left 4 Dead and many other things.

  Tried patches:
  (1) I bought and started using fresh batteries in my mouse G7.  This reduces the number of low battery status notifications, but it has not ruled out all other freezes.
  (2) I found that a lot of reports of similar mouse freezes on the web (for example, http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistahardware/thread/99e3491c-9b60-4cd8-8113-90775600b9a8).  I did find that the bug reports which would be applicable to me.
  (3) a tech suggested I unload the Logitech software and try to run the default Vista drivers.  This did not help.
  (4) I downloaded and installed the latest drivers from the Logitech website.  This did not help either.
  (5) the technology suggests then download the latest driver wireless http://downloadmirror.intel.com/17525/eng/ICS_Dv32.exe, I did.  I ran it, but it doesn't have me showed no results.  I rebooted and found that I still had some freezes.
  (6) I then did a clean boot by following the instructions at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929135.  I got a lot of strange things happen (Firefox does not, for example), but I could up IE7 and through a few web pages.  I've lived several mouse freezes.  Probably, this eliminates outside Vista software as a source of freeze.

  Notes: I think that these gels are caused by WiFi, hardware or software (drivers) activity.  Because this problem is surface recently, I doubt that it's a hardware problem.  Find it me more likely that it was caused by a software update, but I don't know exactly when this problem started, or what update could have caused it.

  AlanD2,
  Your wireless mouse works on the 2.4 GHz frequency, as do almost all electronic wireless.  It can experience interference of a large number of devices: your LAN card wireless, wireless router, a wireless phone 2.4 GHz, a baby monitor, security camera, a microwave oven, etc.  The list is almost endless.  When you went to the library have not experienced you the problem is probably due to interference with a new device in your House that you can not even be aware has a wireless component or may not be thought of as a possible source of interference.  Do some detective - start noticing exactly when frost occur, how minutes apart, how long it lasts, what time of day, etc.  You should start to see a pattern.  I had people know that similar problems have occurred only when the phone rang or only when the wireless router has been updated of DHCP addresses or only when someone was doing some popcorn for microwave.  I know that sounds crazy, but I ran a business wireless for many years and saw some very strange issues caused by interference.  You said your local wifi has been offline for two days and you haven't seen any interference.  You have a connection WiFi - are you running without wire from your House to a tower that provides your Internet service?  If so, your mouse is getting interference with your wireless radio that communicates with the tower.  And your mouse interferes with your radio, which is causing your wifi service to be flaky.  As I said, I ran an service provider wireless for years and have seen it happen several times.  You will not be able to use a wireless mouse if you use Internet wireless.

  Let us know if this was helpful, or if you still need our help.
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• Intermittent USB mouse freeze on Windows 7 Pro 64-bit. Tested with several mice that work fine on other computers.

  I am having a frustrating problem where my Wired Optical mouse appears to 'freeze' for 10 seconds on my machine Windows 7 Pro 64-bit. Meanwhile, everything else on the computer works fine, including the keyboard (connected through PS2). The mouse does not seem to lose power because down the red LED stays on. At the end of the freeze period, I hear the sound of Windows to disconnect USB, but there is no error or windows pop-up ads of any kind on the screen.

  Some more info about the configuration:

  * Core i7 950 processor
  * 12 GB of RAM
  * Radeon HD4950 video card (or almost)
  * The main SSD drive
  * 2 external powered USB drives, 1 powered MIDI keyboard, 1 USB dongle
  * Windows experience score 7.3

  I tried things that did not work:

  • Turn off all the power management, including the management of power supply for USB, USB hubs-> suspend to win power, etc.
  • Permutation of mouse. The problem came with three different mouse from different manufacturers.
  • Try the mouse on different computers of W7 Pro. Confirmed that the mice are not the problem.
  • Disconnected all other USB devices except the mouse. Problem persists.
  • Uninstalled all the drivers for the mouse and use MS default drivers.
  • Installed the software Microsoft mouse & keyboard center.
  • Installed the software from the manufacturer (ie. logitech) specific mouse driver.
  • Tried every USB port, the front and back, on my computer, including USB3 vs USB2.
  • Scanned for malware (using Malwarebytes)
  • Search for viruses (using Nod32)

  I must point out that NO other devices are having problems on this computer. My external hard drives all work perfectly. My printer when I plug it, works great, like my USB dongle. My MIDI keyboard never loses connection. Even when I have my phone connected Android, which normally creates a huge noise if I unplug it, never disconnects even for a second. It is therefore clearly a kind of mouse problem.

  The problem seems to occur regardless of what I do, although it seems MORE common if I use actually the mouse. If I'm just typing (as I am now) it seems not really to happen. On the other hand, sometimes hours go with no problem and other time it happens literally every few seconds.

  Remove the check to "improve the accuracy of the printer" logic. I had two computers windows 7 x 64 that gives me the same problem. When I tried a wireless mouse, the problem disappeared. they do not use the windows controls.

• Remote usb mouse freezes for bout 45 seconds after coming out of sleep mode

  Remote usb mouse freezes for bout 45 seconds after coming out of sleep mode

  Hi Aubrey,

  Step 1: Put the computer to boot and see if the problem still occurs

  Follow step 1 in the link below,

  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

  If everything works well after a clean boot, you can deduce that some third-party services are at the origin of the problem.

  Continue with the remaining steps to pin-point on the third party service.

  After find you the program that is causing the problem, you will have to perhaps to update or install a newer version of the program, if you rarely use that you should consider uninstalling the software.

  Important: n ' forget not the computer to start normal follow step 7 in the link.

  Thank you, and in what concerns:

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• Mouse freezing / locking (clean install of Windows 7)

  Problem Windows 7 (clean install)

  I am affected by a mouse cursor freeze for a few seconds on a regular basis, usually opening videos / sometimes files, it does not happen to xp on my parents to the pc spec below when opening programs, the program itself may take time to load, but the mouse can still be moved. This freezing of the cursor is boring.

  My system (a new Build, only run Win7 on it):

  Lazer Microsoft (with fully charged batteries) wireless mouse

  3 GHz Dual Core Intel 1333 MHz FSB, 6MB L2
  6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz 7-7-7-20
  GeForce 9800GT 512 MB

  Windows experience score of 5.9 but processor gets 6.7, 6.9 RAM.
  So not a slow system.

  What is the cause? Graphics card? Connection of the mouse? Mouse driver? RAM problem? Win7? Win a media player?

  I'm assuming that all the drivers are up to date coz recently, I've downloaded and installed Win7. Who came up with the drivers for the GT9800GT and the mouse, it is that Microsoft should therefore have the right driver, ne?

  Other than this Win7 is great!

  P.s. I ' v has heard there is an XP emulator released for Win7 where I can get it?

  Hello

  You can find the virtual XP mode at the following link: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/get-started.aspx

  This happens in Mode safe?

  You can find additional help on Support of Windows 7 forums at the following link: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/w7itpro

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• USB mouse & keyboard freeze - only solution Hard reset

  My system hangs at 6 times a day - Grrrrr.   The USB mouse and keyboard become completely insensitive - hard reset only solution.

  In case the Viewer, I see a red error icon ID10 WMI event with the text telling me...

  Filter event with the query "SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 60 WHERE TargetInstance ISA 'Win32_Processor' AND TargetInstance.LoadPercentage > 99" could not be reactivated in namespace '//./root/CIMV2' because of error 0 x 80041003.» Events cannot be delivered through this filter until the problem is resolved.

  I'm running a motheboard Foxconn ATX with chipset i5 intel, 12 GB RAM, card Matrox Quad M9148 graphics, 120 GB SSD and 650 GB Seagate drive spinning.  OS is W7 Home Premium 64-bit.  The problem seems to arise with several windows open and I wonder if it has nothing to do with IE.  I get this problem since a few weeks ago, I built the machine after my Acer motheboard destroyed car.  A couple of days, I replaced IE8 with IE9, hoping it would make a differnce but he did not.

  Can someone help me with this issue please?

  A upadate with what seems to have solved the problem - although a little late...

  The problem seemed to relate to IE9 and in particular Web sites using flash (I think)

  For example call graphs of the stock on www.igmarkets.co.uk or watching live video feeds on CNBC or Reuters would cause the machine to freeze.  Sometimes I would get a blue screen telling me it's 'security preparation options' that could only be cleared by a power reset.  Well, I seem to have solved the problem, or got around him at least... I installed Google Chrome and (fingers crossed) everything seems to work fine - I've not had a crash for more than two weeks now.  I will update if anything changes.
  Safe mode startup mode minimum etc. etc. is a bit beyond me.  For example, after following some instructions on the internet on the topic where to find a log file that records what is happening as a machine going AWOL, I got in the folder and open the file, but it was not exactly written in plain language and what am I supposed to do with it?
  Thank you very much for all the help - much appreciated

• USB mouse and keyboard stop working after I have install Windows Update KB2913431

  After installation automatic Windows Update KB2913431 (Win 7 Enterprise), the computer seems to work very well, but my mouse and keyboard stop working.  The option of automatic repair after that start with F8 does not work.  He said that the error is "unspecified".

  The fool is that it has created a constellation of intermittent problems when I try other options to get these devices to function after the update.  The questions I will of unpowered USB ports, grateful Windows and install the drivers for USB devices, but then do not recognize their (and are not), random BSOD, restore points invalid system, random boot failure, which causes discs to randomly stop working properly, closed randomly , à... I think you get the idea.

  I think it must be a driver problem.  I passed through the Device Manager and uninstall all hidden devices.  I have updated the drivers for everything that has an update available.  I tried to disable all, but Microsoft services at startup and in the list of "services".  I've always been unsuccessful; However, when I can get it to successfully restore to a point before the update (none of the automatic restore points work correctly) it seems ok.  It will sometimes seem to work after I applied the update, but then go haywire shortly after.  I am convinced that it is not a hardware problem, given that the prior update restores (when they actually cross without failure) work very well.

  I went through countless articles in the knowledge base and tried all the suggestions I've seen, other than registry cleaners because I had a bad experience with this earlier.  I tried so many things that I lost count and the memory of some of them.

  I reached point is never install the update (an option that I prefer not to use) or creating a clean Windows install on another drive (an option that I prefer not to use, but I'm a little more friendly to).  I already started to back up files to prepare a clean install, but I reach out one last time before I pull the trigger.

  Thanks in advance for your suggestions you have!

  Edit: I thought I could include other system information.

  Motherboard: Gigabyte P67A-UMD
  -Drivers for integrated components:
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  -Network:
  -Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
  Graphics card: NVidia GeForce 460 GTX (driver c. 332.21)
  Sound: NVidia High Definition Audio 4 x, Realtek High Definiton Audio x 1
  There may be a conflict here: the address of the Realtek driver is 00000201, which is the same address as * a Nvidia drivers.* *.
  Mouse: Logitech (MX518) G3 mouse optical - wired
  Keyboard: Keyboard wired simple Generic USB Dell
  All other USB devices are currently disconnected

  Thanks, but I tried to fix myself on a personal level - my IT Department is not hot.

  In any case, the problem was resolved after much googling - I took possession and renamed a bunch usb*.sys file in the Windows\System32\drivers folder, uninstalled items usb from Device Manager and did a scan for the hardware changes.
  This solves the problem.

• Windows 7 64-bit USB mouse randomly freezing

  Hello

  My Microsoft Wireless Natural Ergonomic Keyboard and Mouse 7000 freeze randomly.

  OS: Windows 7 64-bit

  Drivers: Latest IntelliPoint IntelliType

  Latest drivers for p6x58D premium mobo and all Intel chipset drivers USB installed. All the drivers are up to date.

  Several other posters here have the same problem. Their solutions have ranged from:

  (1) disable USB (tried without success) power management

  (2) updated drivers (fact) (fact) windows update

  (3) use the usb mouse not (not an option)

  (4) time of DPC latency (not verified, no problems)

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  The only thing I have left to suspect, is that I had to plug the mouse/keyboard before installing intellipoint/intellitype for the first time. As I built the system from scratch and have no other key/mouse, I need something to click/press to do the installation of windows and intellipoint/intellitype. Yes, the instructions on the set of microsoft to install software first of all that's probably the source of the problem? Should I track down a PS/2 mouse, reinstall all the drivers for mouse/USB?

  Any other suggestions?

  Hey Chris,

  I found the source of my problem. As others have suggested, wireless interference are the problem. :(

  However, before the test of this theory, I removed all the neighbours of the wireless devices, (not a microwave nearby) and moved the mouse right next to the receiver which was attached to my desktop, but it has not solved the problem. This leads me to believe that the issue is not reached. After all, if the mouse is 3 inches of the receiver and still problems...

  However, after reading around online, I found a place that mentioned that large metal objects can interfere with signal as well. Then it dawned on me that my entire computer chassis was made of steel. It is not a plastic case, rather a metal.

  I purchased a USB extension cable and kept the receiver for the mouse wireless of the case, and all the Frost took to occur! :)

  Thanks for all your help, Chris, Debra and Curry!

• My mouse freezes as soon as I connect a flash drive for my USB XP

  My mouse freezed up as soon as I connect the flash drive to my USB key.  I then get a message that says: "power surge on Hub Port, a USB device has exceeded the limits of its hub port power.  Help solve this problem click this message. "Which of course, I can't because the mouse is stuck to the top.  I then turn off the computer by the turn button and reboot.  It is then very well until I have plug the flash drive and then I get the same thing again.  I have several flashdrives and it does the same thing with each of them.  I tried to take to another computer and they worked very well.  I scanned the virus and they were clear.  I also scanned my computer for viruses and it was clear.  My mouse is not a USB mouse.  It's an old computer and caches at the back of the tower.  The only other USB device I have is my scanner and it works fine.  And I get the same thing, even when the scanner is disconnected.   I am confused because I can't save or retrieve information from my flashdrives.  My daughter says my windows is confused and thinks I have too many devices plugged in at the same time when I'm not.   I have Windows XP.   How can I solve this problem?

  My mouse freezed up as soon as I connect the flash drive to my USB key.  I then get a message that says: "power surge on Hub Port, a USB device has exceeded the limits of its hub port power.  Help solve this problem click this message. "Which of course, I can't because the mouse is stuck to the top.  I then turn off the computer by the turn button and reboot.  It is then very well until I have plug the flash drive and then I get the same thing again.  I have several flashdrives and it does the same thing with each of them.  I tried to take to another computer and they worked very well.  I scanned the virus and they were clear.  I also scanned my computer for viruses and it was clear.  My mouse is not a USB mouse.  It's an old computer and caches at the back of the tower.  The only other USB device I have is my scanner and it works fine.  And I get the same thing, even when the scanner is disconnected.   I am confused because I can't save or retrieve information from my flashdrives.  My daughter says my windows is confused and thinks I have too many devices plugged in at the same time when I'm not.   I have Windows XP.   How can I solve this problem?

  This is the result of not not more likely USB ports. You can try to update the drivers of usb device, but if the problem there is not a lot you can do otherwise than to buy an expansion usb card. You can disable usb error reports to stop seeing the error.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/329632

  1. open Device Manager

  2 expand the Bus USB controllers section. Are looking for, then
  Double-click a host controller that has either the word "Universal" or
  'Open' in the title.

  3. in the Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab, and then select the checkbox 'don't tell me about USB errors ".
  Note: If you deselect this option, all other USB error messages will also die.

• Error installing driver of USB mouse.

  I get the following error when you try to install a USB mouse driver: "the i/o operation has been abandoned due to a thread exit or an application request."

  I just plug in the mouse and when it starts to install the driver I get the error.

  I tried different mice of different brands (who has worked on other computers), so I don't think it's a problem with the driver...

  Hello

  You can configure the computer to clean the start State and check if the third party application is in conflict with the installation process. To configure your computer to clean boot follow the link below.

  How to configure Windows XP to start in a "clean boot" State

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310353

   

  Note: When you are finished troubleshooting, follow the last step in section to start on normal startup.

  Hope that information was useful

• USB mouse disabled / freezes on switch or on-screen user screen once I disconnect

  So just like the topic says my USB mouse is disabled and the cursor hangs in the middle of the screen after selecting "change user" or "quit".

  I want to emphasize that the keyboard works very well and the issue seems to be the mouse only.

  Things, I already tried to do and failed:

  Connect the mouse to a usb 2.0 port - tried but the problem persists.

  verification of updates of driver to make sure that everything is up to date - done via windows update, everything is up-to-date

  It is not the drivers.

  ***

  I need to reconnect the mouse each time to operate after I log off the coast or change user and

  It's quite annoying so I really need to get this one solved.

  Thanks in advance!

  ****

  Edit

  ****

  I forgot to add that the mouse is a chrome of razer deathadder

  Hello

  Thanks for posting your query on the Microsoft Community.

  According to the description, I understand that your mouse freezes.

  This could be due to hardware conflicts.

  I first suggest you to run the tool and troubleshooting hardware devices and check.

  Check out the link:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/open-the-hardware-and-devices-Troubleshooter

  You can also check the suggestions of Vinod N responded on April 15, 2010 and check if that helps.

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-hardware/mouse-and-keyboard-freeze-after-switching-user/080ab7df-7014-42F8-89a5-e5fda945460b

  Hope this information helps. Please let us know if you need any other help with Windows in the future. We will be happy to help you.

• I can't disable the keyboard mouse when I installed usb mouse.

  OT: The mouse settings.

  I can't disable the keyboard mouse when I have the usb mouse installed, they way I type provokes me accidentally touching the keyboard & I need to be able to disable this 'thing'. Can someone give me a hint on how to achieve this?

  I guess that what you mean is that when you type, your hand hits the trackpad causing a right click of the mouse. I used to have the same problem.

  If you go to the Hardware and Settings under control panel, you should see the settings for your trackpad. Under these settings, clear tapping to click. The trackpad still works, but hitting should not get them to click. The settings vary depending on the trackpad you have.

  I hope this helps!

• Impossible to install the USB/mouse driver

  I recently was unable to use my external mouse. Similarly, I was unable to use USB keys.

  Whenever I plug in a 'sound' in the registers of the computer as a USB is detected, but the driver cannot be installed.

  In Device Manager", the USB/mouse device appears with a yellow exclamation point, which specifies that it is Error 52 - cannot verify the digital signature.

  I tried to use 'Device Manager' to uninstall and reinstall, but without success. Similarly, I tried the 'Microsoft Fix it' program ' with similar results.

  The computer is running Windows 7 with a 64-bit operating system.

  Any help would be greatly appreciated!

  James

  Hi James,

  1. what fixit from microsoft that you ran on the computer?
  2. What is the brand and model of the mouse?
  3 did you do changes on the computer before the show?

  Code 52 says, Windows cannot verify the digital signature for the drivers required for this device. A recent hardware or software change might be installed a file that is signed incorrectly or damaged, or maybe it's a malicious software from an unknown source. (Code 52)

  See the article for more information.

  Error codes in the Device Manager in Windows
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310123/en-us

  I would like you see below and follow the suggestions in the article.

  Hardware devices do not work or are not detected in Windows
  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/hardware_device_problems

  What to do when a device is not installed correctly
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-CA/Windows7/what-to-do-when-a-device-isn ' t-installed-correctly

  Additional information:

  Please refer to the suggestions of Gokul T answered the 10 March 2010

  Error code 52 - USB ports not recognizing not connected USB devices, declaring that "Windows cannot verify the digital signature for the drivers required for this device.
  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-hardware/error-code-52-USB-ports-not-recognizing-connected/2379017c-D513-478C-A184-0d1b7cd408b2

  Registry warning: This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click on the number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  How to back up and restore the registry in Windows
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/322756/

  I hope this helps to solve the problem. Please come back for any clarification on this or any issue of Windows. We will be happy to help you.

• Wireless Mouse freezes

  My wireless mouse freezes and it is not the battery.  The only way to make it work is to disconnect the usb for wireless mouse device and plug it in again.  Is there something I can do to remedy this?  It happened on a different mouse I've had for a couple years, so I bought a new.

  Hello

  1. What is the brand and model of the mouse?
  2. don't you make changes to the computer before the show?
  3. what operating system is installed on the computer?

  Method 1
  I suggest you try the steps from the following link:

  Mouse, touchpad and keyboard with Windows problems
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/help/Mouse-touchpad-and-keyboard-problems-in-Windows

  Method 2
  I suggest you perform the clean boot. When you clean boot make sure you disable all firewall and antivirus and check if the problem persists.

  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/disable-antivirus-software
  Note: Microsoft does not recommend that you disable the antivirus protection in most conditions. Disable the antivirus protection that temporarily to restore a computer.
  Note: Follow step 7 clean boot KB929135 article to reset the computer in normal mode.

• Keyboard AND mouse freeze

  Hi there, as it is said in the subject, my wired and wired keyboard mouse freeze periodically.  This does not happen after the hibernation or playing games or anything like that.  It just freezes.  I have to hold the power button in the close.  I'll try to restart and sometimes I'll get a keyboard failure error before Windows starts, sometimes I do not want.  But whatever it is, it won't work, any more than the mouse.  I have to turn off AGAIN, unplug everything, open the computer, remove the RAM cards and reinstall them.  When I plug everything back in, all USB devices seem to work once again, but then a day or 2 later I have to repeat the process again just to use my computer.  Once I got everything working again, I went into Device Manager, and of course everything that says it's working properly.  I tried to update the drivers, but they say that I have the latest update.  I am at a loss.  I tried to move the RAM cards for other housing open, but the problem persists.

  I am running Windows Vista Home Premium SP1.  My computer (Dell) is approximately 2 years and Vista has been installed.

  Hi Chad,

  I checked on the Web from Nvidia site and there is a new driver for your NVIDIA GeForce 7300 THE. It was released a few weeks ago. I don't know whether you have updated your map. I'm assuming that you have 32-bit, but if you have 64-bit, then you will need to check on the driver of Nvidia Web site. http://www.nvidia.com/download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

  It was the one for 32 - bit:
  GeForce Driver Release 181 WHQL

  Version: 181.22

  Release date: January 22, 2009

  Operating system: Windows Vista 32-bit

  Language: English

  File size: 77.9 MB

  Incompatible system memory or bad system can also lead to the instability of the system.  Please check that your system's memory has been tested and is compatible with your card mother brand and model.  There is 3rd commercial of party which allow you to test the integrity of your system's memory.  One of these programs is Memtest86, which is available for free download at the following ADDRESS: www.memtest86.com

  You didn't also indicate the model of Dell computer you have. Go to the Dell website and update all devices having a driver newer than what you currently have on your machine.

  There is also a new update that will improve performanance and reliability in Windows Vista.
  KB 952709 - a reliability and performance update is available for Windows Vista SP1 computers
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/952709

  Please let us know if you need more help and we will be happy to help you.

  Sincerely,
  Marilyn
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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