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What is your operating system?

I run Windoze 95 with lots of stuff , netcaptor, outlook(MS), Notetab lite,flyswat, Norton, etc. in 256M so I get starved for memory and lock up. When I do Cntrl, alt del first time Zonealarm always shows as the active guy, but I think that is in error. I just think I have an overloaded system. am working to change that!

Ernest makes a very valid point. Running out of memory is the biggest culprit when your machine freezes for no reason. I jumped in when the prices were at the bottom and bumped my machine to 512M. Still, I find myself rebooting quite regularly. I work in IT when I'm not on FR. We tell all our users, "Don't call MIS until you've restarted your computer." Obviously, can't be sure without knowing what all is running, and seeing it happen, but it sounds more like memory starvation than a bug.
You would be surprised how many programs run in Windows without your knowledge. A look at Start|Run|MSCONFIG will give you an idea. Assuming you sorta know your way around your computer AND have a good backup, you can use MSCONFIG to turn off some of this stuff to free up a starved machine. But please, backup up your data and know what you're turning off.