C655-S5132 FREEZES

Hello!
I've had this laptop (Satellite C655-S5132) for quite a while now and it's pretty old. It has all it's original hardware. Recently, I did a full system wipe of everything on this laptop (because it was so slow it would take a minute to change the font or font size on Word) and reinstalled Windows 7 on it. This laptop currently doesn't have that much on it because I want it to remain faster than it was because I know it doesn't have that much power and I don't want to overexert it again.
Anyways this is quite a new thing but whenenver I am watching a video or skyping someone the computer freezes! And the only way to get out of it is to do a force reboot. I don't understand what is happening and I would like someone to help me out?
Thank you very much in advance for your time!

We need to be able to test quickly whether or not the condition exists.
I can watch any video and it's guranteed to freeze on me.
So you cannot run the attached MPG file, right? (You need to unzip it first.)
-Jerry
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Test.zip ‏910 KB

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If you want to keep fooling around you can of course, Shawn. But if you want to use that computer, it's best to restore the hard disk to its original out-of-the-box contents using Toshiba recovery media.
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