Webuser Forums: Frequent freezing slow boot up

Yeah , the task manager can look a bit scary.

Ideally you want to look in the task manager when the pc freezes. It's a case of trying to identify the process that's causing this.
If you can , the next time you have a problem , open the task manager .The two columns that give the best info are "Image name" and "CPU". When the pc freezes it's very likely that one "image name" will show a VERY HIGH "CPU" reading , a few will show a small CPU reading , and the majority no CPU reading at all. It's the one that sticks out that we need to nail if we can. ( not i might add "system idle process" , that in normal circumstances is high as it is the CPU that's NOT being used)

No , it just stops the process .
There are some system processes that will not allow you to "end" them , some that will allow you to stop them but if it's a critical process stopping them could cause you to lose data or cause the pc to become unstable , and others such as your antivirus app for example which simply stop your antivirus running until such a time as you physically restarted it. Basically the best advice is you're not sure leave well alone.

Hope that all makes sense. It's ironic actually , my brother had a similar situation to yours recently , pc kept freezing couldn't work out why. Opened the task manager when this happened and noticed one process which was using all the CPU. I managed to identify it as Adaware 2007 so the next time the pc froze i knew it was safe to end the process via the task manager.......bingo instant "unfreeze". Tested this a few times , same result. Seems Adaware was starting up in the background for no reason. Never got to the bottom of it and eventually uninstalled Adaware..........no problems since. I'm not saying your situation may be as easy as that but it's a starting point.

If you're not sure , Google the name or post it/them here.

All systems will have multiple entries of Svchost , they're required by the operating system. 7 doesn't sound excessive ( i have 6 ) ( Some viruses are known to disguise themselves by using this name but as your Hijacklog is clean i think we can rule that out.

Did you try running IE without add ons. A corrupt add on can cause the browser to freeze.
Click on start > all programs > accessories > system tools > Internet Explorer ( no addons ). Do a bit of browsing to see if it still freezes.