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Windows 7 freezes when left alone
Hello,
I am running windows 7 (7100x64) off a relatively new HP laptop and whenever I leave my computer alone for a while it goes to sleep and freezes. I then turned off sleep function on the hp settings and if I leave the thing alone for a while it still freezes without going into sleep mode. However the problem does not occur when i close the laptop and then open it up later - then it kicks back into life like normal.
I made the switch with a clean install from vista and I didn't have these problems on that system. Does anyone know if this is a common problem with an easy-ish solution? i am no computer expert and would appreciate some advice on what I should do - should I re-install windows and is it possible to do that without losing my settings / files?