Anyones computer do this

[JUICE]

Mine has been acting up again from last year. This is what happens to it.

Its on and im listening to music and on the net. As soon as I move the move its starts freezing on and off, on and off. If I move it while its doing that, it all of a sudden freezes but the music is still playing. I cannot control it through the keyboard also, which I need to turn the computer off or restart it.

My Norton Antivirus is expired but I downloaded a Antivirus thing from Download.com. It detected a virus and removed it. But the problem still exsists.

Could it be the music I got close to 3k songs. I also bought a Memory chip last year and installed it. Last yea that it happend we got another mouse and downloaded spybot and it worked well. Eventhough with this new mouse and spybot it restarted doing it again.

Have any of computers done this or doing this.

[Megiddo]

bro mine does this as well from time to time. could be a memory problem depending on how many progs you have running

[JUICE]

Originally posted by Megiddo
bro mine does this as well from time to time. could be a memory problem depending on how many progs you have running

well the hard drive doesnt have alot of space. For the memory it still has plenty. Im just running the Norton Antivirus on start up. When im online i only use the Windows Media Player.

This happend last year too, it got annoying and all but I dont know what I did to fix it. Like everytime i go to a page, the laser mouse all of a sudden the red light goes off and on. If I move it while its doing that, I have to restart the thing.

Could it also be my computer being defective, its a Compaq Presario 5000.

[r_deese]

it sounds like you don't have enough RAM to me. You might wanna step it up or consider getting a new computer

[BENCH355ANIMAL]

You need more memory. When you are running multiple applications at the same time (specially music through the net) you are putting alot of stress on your memory to keep processing everything smoothly. The only way to prevent this is to add more memory. How much do you have now? Given the amount of programs you just said you run, and the amount of songs on your hard drive, you should have at least 512 mb, but I would shoot for 1 gig.

B355A

[Chadd77]

I could be a couple different things. What operating system are you running? How much memory do you have installed? How much hard drive space do you have left? It could also be that it is virus or spyware related. Try this link

http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-...ml?tag=lst-0-2

If that doesn’t work go to download.com and do a search on ad-aware. Install the program and after it is installed make sure you check for updates before you scan your system. Also make sure that you virus protection software is up to date. Hope this helped.

[meat12]

The only way I was able to get rid of my computer problem was changing jobs :D

[Primal Instinct]

Copy and paste this post. Then go to internet explorer. Click on tools. Click on internet options. Click on delete files. Click delete all offline content. Click delete cookies. You will have to sign in with your password again to any websites.

Next click startup menu programs. Click on accessories. Click on system tools. Click on disk cleanup. When cleanup is done, click on disk defragmenter. Analyze and then defragment. This will take some time. Go workout. Eat. Come back and check progress.

Defrag will store files into hard drive area together and leave free space pretty much together. This allows for your computer to cut down on time searching for files or applications and will help increase performance time.

[JUICE]

Originally posted by Primal Instinct
Copy and paste this post. Then go to internet explorer. Click on tools. Click on internet options. Click on delete files. Click delete all offline content. Click delete cookies. You will have to sign in with your password again to any websites.

Next click startup menu programs. Click on accessories. Click on system tools. Click on disk cleanup. When cleanup is done, click on disk defragmenter. Analyze and then defragment. This will take some time. Go workout. Eat. Come back and check progress.

Defrag will store files into hard drive area together and leave free space pretty much together. This allows for your computer to cut down on time searching for files or applications and will help increase performance time.

yup i did these the other time and still happening. Everyday I use the computer I delete cookies, off line file, and clean the disk but still goes on:(

[BENCH355ANIMAL]

I could be a couple different things. What operating system are you running? How much memory do you have installed? How much hard drive space do you have left? It could also be that it is virus or spyware related. Try this link

Good advice, and you may want to try spybot search & destroy. Also available @ download.com This will also help get rid of any spyware or viruses.:agree:

[JUICE]

Originally posted by BENCH355ANIMAL
You need more memory. When you are running multiple applications at the same time (specially music through the net) you are putting alot of stress on your memory to keep processing everything smoothly. The only way to prevent this is to add more memory. How much do you have now? Given the amount of programs you just said you run, and the amount of songs on your hard drive, you should have at least 512 mb, but I would shoot for 1 gig.

B355A

as for total physical memory: 256mb
available memory: 65mb left

total virtual memory: 1.24gb
available virtual memory: 971.77mb


This computer came with 120mb of memory but I added another memory chip with the same amount of memory so which now has 256.

Originally posted by Chadd77
I could be a couple different things. What operating system are you running? How much memory do you have installed? How much hard drive space do you have left? It could also be that it is virus or spyware related. Try this link

http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-...ml?tag=lst-0-2

If that doesn’t work go to download.com and do a search on ad-aware. Install the program and after it is installed make sure you check for updates before you scan your system. Also make sure that you virus protection software is up to date. Hope this helped.

My computer has Windows Me.

The hard drive has 15.8gb
has 892mb- 1gb left, depending if im deleting things.



As for the virus, I downloaded a program at download.com and it removed one virus it had.

Last year or about a year and a half ago this happend also. I downloaded spybot from download.com and seemed to work well.

One problem Ive been noticing is the Norton Antivirus is messed up. It wont let me go into certain site and even lets me go to my hotmail without asking me all these questions. I went into the settings and it was all moved around. Im guessing, it could have bee my little 16yr old sister messing with it, or could have gotten it hacked, someone changing the settings to screw with it.

I just got my computer fixed not to long ago. A friend who knows about computers said that Compaq computers were so-so. Could this also be it.:(

[Keiser]

2 problems.

You don't have enough memory 256 is pretty low for doing the things you do online. The main problem is Windows Me, thats the worst operating system microsoft ever made, you need to upgrade your memory and upgrade to Windows XP.

[Chadd77]

Did you install ad-aware and have it seach for spyware? if you have a lot of spyware on your PC it will kill the system performance.

[playthegame]

Originally posted by Keiser
The main problem is Windows Me, thats the worst operating system microsoft ever made, you need to upgrade your memory and upgrade to Windows XP.

That's the truth!!!

[Scrumhalf]

1. Do a disk clean up and defrag. That in itself may speed up your system.

1. Go to grisoft.com and dowload their AVG Free Edition - the link should be on the left side of the page. It is probably the best freeware virus protection you can find.

3. Download spybot (or ad aware). I use spybot and it is a very good anti-spyware program.

4. As others have suggested, try to upgrade your machine but do 1-3 first.

5. If nothing works, upgrade to Linux and all your windoze problems will go away!!