AntiFreeze

Official Site - http://www.resplendence.com/antifreeze

Works on: Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Server 2003 (x86 and x64)

When your computer just sits there not responding to anything that you do to it, including the 3-finger salute (CTRL+ALT+DELETE), the only thing that you can do to it is to force it to shut down by turning it off using the power switch or pressing reset switch. The bad thing about that is if you are doing some work on some open programs when the freeze occurred all that work won't be saved. An alternative solution in unfreezing your system maybe the use of the freeware AntiFreeze as a last resort. The authors of the program wisely promise that it is not guaranteed to work, but it does give you a second chance. AntiFreeze will only work when:
- One or more programs are doing very intensive tasks, they consume so much processor cycles that the system becomes unresponsive
- One or more programs consume so much memory that the swapping file is heavily used, overloading the system
- Programs are running with a scheduling priority which is so high that they consume all processor resources
- Too many programs are running at the same time and they all have to compete for attention from the processor

When invoked via CTRL+Windows+ALT+Home, it gives you the option of suspending all active processes except those essential for Windows, giving you the chance to shut down whichever process has locked your system. It's just a matter of picking and choosing the offending processes that you can terminate so your system can resume normally again, giving you a chance to at least save your work. The suspend/resume function of the program does work as advertised when I tested it. Since it is free, there's nothing to lose if you check it out, especially if you are consistently experiencing system freezes that your Task Manager can't do anything about. Very often the system is so busy that even the Task Manager will not be able to help you.

AntiFreeze is a utility with a very small footprint, sitting in your tray, waiting for you to press the hotkey combination (ALT+CTRL+WIN+HOME by default). You should use it only in emergency situations, consider it an alternative for the reset button.

Download Links
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,74359/description.html?tk=nl_ddxdwn
http://majorgeeks.com/AntiFreeze_d5863.html