Your processor is definitely a little out of date. Mine is a duocore processor clocked at 2.00ghz. So it's 4 ghz, yours isn't even one. You also have about 512 mb of ram which is the recommended amount for running Windows XP which is what I see you have.

Now is your computer being really loud when it freezes? Put your hand next to where the fan is in your laptop and see if it's really hot and a lot of air is coming out of the hole when the laptop is freezing. If it's really hot and a lot of air is coming out, your laptop is definitely overheating which I'm not surprised because a less than 1 ghz processor running windows XP is probably really stressing your system especially with that low hard drive space you have and that tiny amount of ram you have.

These are the system requirements for Windows XP.
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Here's What You Need to Use Windows XP Professional
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PC with 300 megahertz or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233 MHz minimum required (single or dual processor system);* Intel Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended
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128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features)
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1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available hard disk space*
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Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor
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CD-ROM or DVD drive
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Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
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You meet a lot of the requirements, which is why it's kind of weird that your laptop would be overheating. However if it's kind of old the material that keeps your cpu cool and everything inside your laptop cool could have worn out by now. It happened to my sisters bf alienware that he got for 2.5 grand just recently.

Try running those virus programs I linked also.


Oooo Also, what browser are you using.

Do a ctrl + Alt+ Del and go to these tabs and let me see how much ram is being used and how many processes you have running

this is what it should look like:


What program are you using to browse the internet with?