I.C. Greenfields wrote:
No infections of any kind can be found on this PC, yet MSMail, MozillaFF
and IE7 lock up constantly. How can this be fixed short of a reformat
and reinstall of the OS? Vista has been as unstable as W98 for us. Is
there any way to get it as stable as XP? Does anyone know what causes
these constant W98 type freezes so many of us are enduring with Vista?


If it's an OEM -- pre-installed version of Vista, it can be a bad
install of the O/S. If that's the case, you need to get back in touch
with the computer manufacture as you have a software warranty.


If it's not that, then you can try this.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833