While simply browsing the net my computer keeps freezing up for about 5 seconds, then unfreezing, and repeating every 15-30 seconds.
It does not seem to do this when I have Windows Task Manager open and selected, but otherwise all my programs are freezing.
I am also seeing a spike in CPU usage immediately after (the screen is frozen during the freeze) this happens, from around 4-10 percent to 100 percent.
I have updated virus protection software installed and the only recent downloads I've done were FastBurnIn and a number of other performance testing programs.
Last night my computer would simply hourglass and freeze whenever I tried to click an icon, so I turned it off for the night, and after about 15 minutes on the computer today this afternoon I got this.
Ideas?
*edit*
Computer froze at "Windows is now shutting down." screen so I hit the restart button. Freeze doesn't seem to be happening now but I'd still like any possible explanations or future plans of action.
It does not seem to do this when I have Windows Task Manager open and selected, but otherwise all my programs are freezing.
I am also seeing a spike in CPU usage immediately after (the screen is frozen during the freeze) this happens, from around 4-10 percent to 100 percent.
I have updated virus protection software installed and the only recent downloads I've done were FastBurnIn and a number of other performance testing programs.
Last night my computer would simply hourglass and freeze whenever I tried to click an icon, so I turned it off for the night, and after about 15 minutes on the computer today this afternoon I got this.
Ideas?
*edit*
Computer froze at "Windows is now shutting down." screen so I hit the restart button. Freeze doesn't seem to be happening now but I'd still like any possible explanations or future plans of action.