Computer Freezes temporarily

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Willie

Hi,
My new machine seems to freeze intermittently when I click on a program on
the desktop or the taskbar - or sometimes when I click a link from an e-mail
or a NG post.

Any program that was running at the time is fine - it just takes a while for
the new program - or link - to come on.

They do come on eventually 30 secs to 3 minutes later... it's as if the
machine is checking them out or something...

Any ideas what could be causing it>

Cheers,
Willie.
 
Willie said:
My new machine seems to freeze intermittently when I click on a program on
the desktop or the taskbar - or sometimes when I click a link from an e-mail
or a NG post.
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They do come on eventually 30 secs to 3 minutes later... it's as if the
machine is checking them out or something...
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Is there disk activity during that time? Run task manager, sort by CPU
usage and see what's happening during the freeze (if task manager
updates during that time...)

Have you installed the necessary drivers for the motherboard, chipset,
and additional hardware as appropriate?

If it's a new computer that you've purchased, you might get help from
the manufacturer as well.

Please follow-up.
 
Rich Barry said:
Willie, check for virus, trojan, spyware and adware. You can use these
sites
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

http://safespy.net/Spyware_Hunter.htm

http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/

http://spybot-spyware.com/trojan.htm

http://www.spysweeper.com/

http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/
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Thanks Barry, but I've got spybot S&D installed and run it regularly. It
still does it. It's doing it now - I have clicked my IE icon and am waiting
for it to load - now been about 2 minutes...

I can still use OE for this message, but nothing else will load.

I also can't get the task manager up...

There it is now...

Thanks anyway, can't see what it is yet, though!

Willie.
 
H Gohel said:
Is there disk activity during that time? Run task manager, sort by CPU
usage and see what's happening during the freeze (if task manager
updates during that time...)
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I can't hear anything and the disk light doesn't come on... come to think
of it, it never goes on - or if it does it's too fast for me to see.

Have you installed the necessary drivers for the motherboard, chipset,
and additional hardware as appropriate?
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I assume so - how would I check to see if I hadn't?

If it's a new computer that you've purchased, you might get help from
the manufacturer as well.
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They told me it was a software issue and have to phone their help line at £1
per minute!!!

Thanks, Himanshu

Willie.
 
Willie,

You mentioned in a subsequent post that you run Spybot regularly. But do you or have you run Adaware? I had the same problem you described. I ran Spybot and indeed it found a couple of problems and cleaned those. But it wasn't until I ran Adaware that my freeze problem was fixed. Not sure if this will help you but I thought I'd share my experience.

BW
 
B W said:
Willie,

You mentioned in a subsequent post that you run Spybot regularly. But do
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you or have you run Adaware? I had the same problem you described. I ran
Spybot and indeed it found a couple of problems and cleaned those. But it
wasn't until I ran Adaware that my freeze problem was fixed. Not sure if
this will help you but I thought I'd share my experience.
BW
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I'll give it a go, cheers.

Willie.
 
B W said:
Willie,

You mentioned in a subsequent post that you run Spybot regularly. But do
Click to expand...
you or have you run Adaware? I had the same problem you described. I ran
Spybot and indeed it found a couple of problems and cleaned those. But it
wasn't until I ran Adaware that my freeze problem was fixed. Not sure if
this will help you but I thought I'd share my experience.
BW
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Not sure yet, but Adaware seems to have worked... I'll have to wait and
see, though.

But cheers, anyway!

Willie
 
Willie said:
do
you or have you run Adaware? I had the same problem you described. I ran
Spybot and indeed it found a couple of problems and cleaned those. But it
wasn't until I ran Adaware that my freeze problem was fixed. Not sure if
this will help you but I thought I'd share my experience.


Not sure yet, but Adaware seems to have worked... I'll have to wait and
see, though.

But cheers, anyway!
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Spoke too soon - it's still doing it.

Willie.
 
Willie said:
I can't hear anything and the disk light doesn't come on... come to think
of it, it never goes on - or if it does it's too fast for me to see.
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Usually if the disk was crazy busy, you would hear it. If you can't
hear it, it's probably not a problem (or you've got a really silent
drive - don't change it :)
I assume so - how would I check to see if I hadn't?
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Well, if you installed Windows XP yourself from CD, and didn't install
the manufacturer's drivers for the motherboard, chipset, graphics card,
etc. you should do it.
They told me it was a software issue and have to phone their help line at £1
per minute!!!
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That's a bad attitude from them. If it's within your 30-day return
period, just tell them you want to return it, and maybe they'll change
their tune.

Seriously. It seems like a driver issue to me. Please post some
details on your machine make, model, CPU, disk, RAM and graphics card.
Windows version, updates installed, etc.
 
Seriously. It seems like a driver issue to me. Please post some
details on your machine make, model, CPU, disk, RAM and graphics card.
Windows version, updates installed, etc.
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Himanshu, here's what it has:

It's a MESH PC:

AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2800+
A7NVM400 ASUSTeK Computer INC. (Motherboard)
512MB RAM
Maxtor 6Y160P0 HDD
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU
Creative Audigy Audio Processor WDM
NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Controller
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
SoftK56 Data Fax Voice Speakerphone CARP

Willie.
 
Willie said:
Himanshu, here's what it has:

It's a MESH PC:

AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2800+
A7NVM400 ASUSTeK Computer INC. (Motherboard)
512MB RAM
Maxtor 6Y160P0 HDD
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU
Creative Audigy Audio Processor WDM
NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Controller
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
SoftK56 Data Fax Voice Speakerphone CARP
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Start by looking at the Device Manager. Are there any exclamation marks
on any devices indicating that there's a problem? Even if not, check
each component (first check the MESH PC manufacturer's web site, then
ASUS motherboard, NVIDIA drivers, etc.). Install the correct and latest
drivers for your machine.

Other suggestions have already been made - virus checking, spyware
checking, etc. I'm assuming you're also proceeding with that, as that
may be your problem too.
 
I too have had that problem and I have spybot and TrendMicro and regular
Windows updates and I have had xp for 2 years but never have I had so many
problems as I have had in the last 2 months.
 
I have exactly the same problem. PC is scanned with Norton daily and I use
Ad-aware 6, taskbar still freezes though opened application will respond -
sometimes slowly.

Did you manage to solve?

Arthur
 
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