Programs to pinpoint why laptop is freezing

Programs to pinpoint why laptop is freezing

"My laptop randomly freezes, especially during internet browsing and tab closing (all main browsers). I'm not sure what is causing this. At first I thought it might be overheating, but it sometimes occurs after a cold boot. Are there any tools that I can run in the background that might help pinpoint where the problem lies? There's no BSOD, or restarts, it simply stops and I have to hold the power button for a few seconds for it to turn off.
Thanks"

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Guest [Entry]

"Try AntiFreeze, an emergency task manager for unresponsive and hanging systems.

AntiFreeze offers a last recourse when you find your computer
in a hung state. Because programs
consume too much CPU or too much
memory or too many programs have been
started, your computer has become
unresponsive. The mouse still moves
but no programs are responding, you
cannot switch to other programs or
even close them. You have even tried
to start the Windows Task Manager even
that won’t work because it does not
get enough attention from the
scheduler to respond to your mouse
clicks and keyboard presses. You are
ready to press the reset button,
instead you can press the hotkey of
AntiFreeze. It will put to sleep all
running programs except the most
critical ones, giving you the
opportunity to close down the programs
which are causing problems. You may
even be able to save or recover your
work.

AntiFreeze is freeware."

Guest [Entry]

"Run memtest86 from a USB stick or CDROM.

If the memtest passes, try re-install Windows and checkpoint any driver you installed into the system. (I assume you're using windows.)"