BAD problem: wlg functions crashing my computer!

This is the 3rd program now that I've made from scratch (using OpenGL) that tries to draw text from display lists that where generated using the wgl functions. I use the exact examples that Microsoft's Programmers Reference gives or the ones that NeHe gives. If I make my own code, or use one of those examples, the computer freezes, then the screen goes black, then the music I have playing in the background starts jumping like a scratched CD. So I'm forced to do a forced shutdown (which I hate doing btw). Why is this happening? Other programs (that I didn't make, but I have the code to) that use wgl to print text in ogl work just fine! What is going on? Please help!