Windows XP MCE 2005 freezes, usually after idle period

[hmiddlet]

My laptop with Windows XP Media Center 2005 keeps freezing for unknown reasons, usually after an idle period, but sometimes when playing a game or tv recording.

At first I thought it was due to overheating, because my laptop did have a problem with that. After I fixed that (used a can of compressed air and a cooling platform) it worked without freezing for a while but then had problems again.

No OS that I have tried has ever had near as much trouble with freezing as this one.

 

[gavinseabrook]

Go to Start>Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Event Viewer and look under the System area. Post any errors or warnings.

 

[hmiddlet]

Error Message

The server {C7E39D60-7A9F-42BF-ABB1-03DC0FA4F493} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

 

[gavinseabrook]

Please post EventID and Source

 

[hmiddlet]

Event: 10010 (It was not called an Eve tID)
Source: DCOM

This time I was playing a heavy multimedia game. Usually it freezes during an idle period.

 

[hmiddlet]

Today it froze while idle but it did not leave an error message.

 

[hmiddlet]

Do you have any ideas of what the problem is?