Mac Book Pro freezing

Hi all. My 3 year old Mac Book Pro is starting to freeze on a daily basis. I have to hold the power button in and start all over agian on my projects. This is more of what I would expect from a windows machine.
Can anyone help with advice on a fix for this.
Thanks in advance.
Will

Hi Will,
I had the exact same problem as you a couple of days ago, here with a 2+ year old mac.
When the mac turns on hold Command+Option+P+R just before the grey screen appears and hold these until the mac restarts and gives you 3 beeps. This just resets the PRAM and NVRAM. These can lose their data due to an old or dying battery, which has been my problem.
This fixed my sudden freezes which required a restart.
If this doesnt work just post and ill give some other tips, but im almost sure this will fix the problem
Good luck!!

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Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards, if applicable. Boot in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, with limited graphics performance, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and Wi-Fi on certain models. The next normal boot may also be somewhat slow.
The login screen appears even if you usually login automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
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11/26/11 11:14:24 PM    com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[179]    catch_mach_exception_raise_state_identity(): PID: 52230 thread: 0x15627 type: 0xa code: 0x1000f8044 codeCnt: 0x2 flavor: 0x1000f8054 old_state: 0x1000f805c old_stateCnt: 0x2c new_state: 0x1000f702c new_stateCnt: 0x1000f7028
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