Windows XP 'blue screen of death' and 'freezing' problems

[flipflop]

I am experiencing a very frustrating problem with my new computer which runs on Windows XP. It either 'freezes' in the middle of an application (for no apparent reason) and will not even restart with Ctrl+Alt+Del, or it shuts down (again fot no apparent reason) and displays the infamous 'blue screen of death', in which case it needs to be shut down. I though Windows Xp were disigned in order to avoid such problems (amongst other things). I am worried because it is an entirely new computer (2 months old). Is there something I can do before contacting the manufacturer?

[PD]

Please tell us more about the info you see in the BSOD. Cheers,

[wordingham]

Did you sort this problem/ I have a brand new Dell, and had the same problem ,fault was a system driver that controls the hard drove, due to the hard disk been 250gigs the driver couldn tcope and often crashed!! a updated driver from dell cured the problem.