gw keeps hanging...

hi!i bought gw collector edition ysterday and have created the character and all but i can't seem to play for long as i always get hanged.the character just freezes n the sound goes off with a small "boom" sound.there is no set period when this occurs while i'm playing but it doesn't take long before it occured...

when it hangs ,the screen just freezes and i can't even reboot it through ctrl alt del,i had to off the power switch on it again which is sooooo troublesome and when i reentered the game i spawned at ascaron city rather than the place where i hanged(i guess this is the game's system)but i will never be able to complete any quest or even play...

Could be a million things. We'll need system specs.

In the mean time do the usual. Update drivers, scan for spyware/virii. Close any running programs etc.