Computer performance has suddenly decreased

[vinaysp]

I am going to try and describe this problem the best that I can

- I have a Fujitsu Centrino (1.6GHz) Laptop with 1 GB RAM and a 60 BG
HDD
- Suddenly my computer performance seems to have decreased. The symptom
is that audio and video playback freezes briefly whenever there is a
burst in CPU usage. So whenever I laung an app or do anything that
increased CPU usage, the audio or video starts freezing up and playing
in jerks.This has NEVER happened before and I haven't installed any new
software or changed my hardware config.
- I bought norton system works 2006 and no problems were detected.

Any ideas?

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: <[email protected]>

| I am going to try and describe this problem the best that I can
|
| - I have a Fujitsu Centrino (1.6GHz) Laptop with 1 GB RAM and a 60 BG
| HDD
| - Suddenly my computer performance seems to have decreased. The symptom
| is that audio and video playback freezes briefly whenever there is a
| burst in CPU usage. So whenever I laung an app or do anything that
| increased CPU usage, the audio or video starts freezing up and playing
| in jerks.This has NEVER happened before and I haven't installed any new
| software or changed my hardware config.
| - I bought norton system works 2006 and no problems were detected.
|
| Any ideas?

How soon after installing NSW 2006 did this start to occur ?

 

[DrJoel]

From: <[email protected]>

| I am going to try and describe this problem the best that I can
|
| - I have a Fujitsu Centrino (1.6GHz) Laptop with 1 GB RAM and a 60 BG
| HDD
| - Suddenly my computer performance seems to have decreased. The symptom
| is that audio and video playback freezes briefly whenever there is a
| burst in CPU usage. So whenever I laung an app or do anything that
| increased CPU usage, the audio or video starts freezing up and playing
| in jerks.This has NEVER happened before and I haven't installed any new
| software or changed my hardware config.
| - I bought norton system works 2006 and no problems were detected.
|
| Any ideas?

How soon after installing NSW 2006 did this start to occur ?

Check for spywear!!

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "DrJoel" <[email protected]>


| Check for spywear!!


Spywear ?

Is that like the Trojan that is soft to wear instead of the software Trojan ;-)

 

[deebs]

I am going to try and describe this problem the best that I can

- I have a Fujitsu Centrino (1.6GHz) Laptop with 1 GB RAM and a 60 BG
HDD
- Suddenly my computer performance seems to have decreased. The symptom
is that audio and video playback freezes briefly whenever there is a
burst in CPU usage. So whenever I laung an app or do anything that
increased CPU usage, the audio or video starts freezing up and playing
in jerks.This has NEVER happened before and I haven't installed any new
software or changed my hardware config.
- I bought norton system works 2006 and no problems were detected.

Any ideas?

How much free disk space?

 

[HeeroYuy]

I am going to try and describe this problem the best that I can

- I have a Fujitsu Centrino (1.6GHz) Laptop with 1 GB RAM and a 60 BG
HDD
- Suddenly my computer performance seems to have decreased. The symptom
is that audio and video playback freezes briefly whenever there is a
burst in CPU usage. So whenever I laung an app or do anything that
increased CPU usage, the audio or video starts freezing up and playing
in jerks.This has NEVER happened before and I haven't installed any new
software or changed my hardware config.
- I bought norton system works 2006 and no problems were detected.

Any ideas?

It's possible you have spyware. Do you have a scanner for that? If not,
AdAware, Spybot - Search and Destroy, and Microsoft AntiSpyware are three
good programs to use... and the best part is, all three are free to download
and use.