computer freeze ups

[mike13]

rik---will try other greeting cards tomorrow. But I am pretty sure I have sent a few cards after I thought the problem was fixed, and no freezeups.
lynchknot---only have IE and OE. Also ran that sfc /scannow. It asked me for the xp disc. I put the disc in, and it ran for about 5 minutes, but never gave me a report. I assume that everything was OK ???
fastgame---it has been a pretty long time since it started to freeze up. About two months or so. Would not know what restore point to use, would only be guessing. Am considering that XP Repair. You said it only fixes problems with the OS. How about any problems with IE or OE ??
Thanks guys for the suggestions so far.
PS, since I did that sfc /scannow, must I do all the updates now ?