computer is freezes for 5 seconds
Hi all i'm having computer problem I was hoping I could fix it, I think not my computer it freezes for 5 seconds on every click or command I give it like click on start,favorites,my computer,notepad, file save or right click my desktop if I reboot my computer it works good for some time than starts doing it again it freezes for 5 seconds for very short time but a pain.
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Next the obvious things are to make sure you have ad-aware installed and anti-virus software that is up to date and working.
Those are the first things to check. Beyond that if you are running XP for example there are a lot of 'special FX' type things that can be turned off to help speed the system up.
As I'm typing my computer is freezes for 5 seconds and sytstem Resources 47% free .
Big programs are CorelDRAW 8 / Microsoft office2000/Zone alarm and adware . I do not play games on the computer only do work Corel and Office and read e-mails.Do my research and homework .And I not download music or Vidoes
It seem I turn computer on it works good than after hours of use it start to do this even if only on program is up ...
Zone Alarm could be hogging up some of your speed if it's actively monitoring your network connection which is probably the case.
make sure you update adaware and run it frequently. Try dissabling Zone Alarm and seeing if that makes a difference. Also I'd recomend getting anti-virus software as zone alarm only blocks port and won't stop you from being infected. So it's possible that you have a virus that is trying to get out constantly and zone alarm is sitting there blocking it. This would explain why it works alright from the start then starts to bog down. As the virus activity is clogging down your system.
First if you don't have any anti-virus go to www.symantec.com and they have a free virus scanner there. It won't remove any viruses it'll only tell you if you have them. You can get a free anti-virus program (there are several) but my personal choice is one calle AVG their version 6 or 7 (I forget) is free and works wonderfully.
Another site is to go to www.pcpitstop.com and run their system tests, you can do it annonymously on their site and it'll find any of the glarring errors and give you recomendations.
I'd normally suggest a defrag but if your system is only 4 months old that's probably not the case.
Also do you have your 98 os updated with all of MicroSofts patches? Thats another important step to take.
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AVG is free as I mentioned and works (it's what I use at home).
here is a link. Agree send in your email info and they'll give you the site to dl it off of and the serial for it.
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php
Get it update it and scan your system. I'm not saying a virus is causing any of this shit. But if you are on the net and receiving emails you need anti-virus software.
start to do this even if only on program is up ...
Even when do ctrl alt delete and closed all programs but Explorer it
still does this.
Also someone was saying some program may be hogging my CPU how can I tell.
I did and on line scan nothing
If you know anything about programming it's like infinitely re-dimming a section of memmory so that it constantly expands the ammount it's taking up.
It would normally be releated to one particular program though.
Even if all programs are closed and click on start favorites,my computer it does this ,CorelDRAW 8 works good !!
And CorelDRAW 8 it says system requirements: Windows 95 or higher, or Windows NT 4.0 ,16MB RAM
It was like that all time it.It doest matter if 1 or 3 or 7 programs running it same 5 seconds freeze.
And when the computer is turn on I can run 7 programs no problem but that after time even 1 program is problem .Its not like slow it like you give computer cammand everything freeze 5 seconds ,Kayboard mouse
Even if all programs are closed and click on start favorites,my computer it does this ,CorelDRAW 8 works good !!
And CorelDRAW 8 it says system requirements: Windows 95 or higher, or Windows NT 4.0 ,16MB RAM
It was like that all time it.It doest matter if 1 or 3 or 7 programs running it same 5 seconds freeze.
And when the computer is turn on I can run 7 programs no problem but that after time even 1 program is problem .Its not like slow it like you give computer cammand everything freeze 5 seconds ,Kayboard mouse ...
Here some things I should say
Used space 1,086,685,184 bytes
Free space 80,849,928,192 bytes
Total space 81,849,928,192 bytes
memory 224.0 MB RAM
system resoures 78% free
file system 32-bit
virtual memory 32-bit
disk compression not installed
PC cards (pcmcih) no pc card sockets are installed
Your system is configured for optimal performance
program files
contains 1,986 files and 172 folders
windows files
contains 4,088 files and 320 folders
:loco:
In some situations it's best to just start over from scratch. Just install windows and nothing else and see if the problem starts happening again. If it does then it's a hardware issue. If not it's a software issue.
should I look..Ya is ther any longs I can run ..
Also may be spyware ??
How much RAM 224 MB and 78% when computer is turm on and never get it under 39% so its not RAM
Virus I did a on line scan nothing so I not think its Virus
spyware well I think this may be problem but not sure .See my spyware post
system test error well I have not look in to this
patch and updates are new 4 month old so I not think it
memory,power or heat problem well I will need software to run test on that
Some thing hongging the CPU well I would say may be spyware runing taking up the CPU time
memory leek well if it was it it will go from 78% to 20% and to 0% wich is not happaning so would say no
Some thing wrong with operating system well you think it do it start up not after day two computer ben on
Some thing wrong with program well this going be hard to find but going out on stretch it may be office 2000 but again look it this .
Kryyst is right in that a format & reinstall should eleviate any software issues. Not sure how hardware could produce that kind of problem, so I'd bet it's software.
I did 3 on line virues checks nothing so its not virues . May its
spyware I will post adaware long soon
What , some thing wrong with operating system well you think it do it
start up not after day two computer ben on
Some thing wrong with program well may be..
This what I have to find out than move on to hardware problem maybe
and ya hope its not hardware problem like bad memory module or
overhating problem.
Well anyways done 3 on line viruse scan found nothing..Also done a hijackthis long it looks clean..Other that whe are looking at operation system or program thats hogging the CPU,or driver or config problem,I will look at this now.