No answer message & computer freeze.

My computer runs very slow and then freezes.  A message "not responding" appears.  Sometimes I have to restart to start over again.

Hi caroleisen

A good starting point would be to follow the steps described in the thread below the link courtesy of Mahesh Babu G.

http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_xp-performance/Windows-XP-is-running-very-slow-and-auto-update/bcaa4d47-08fc-497c-A060-49959e1c645f

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