Computer help!
polycounter lvl 11
Hey guys, this really has nothing to do with CG so I didn't post it in tech talk, but my computer keeps freezing every time I go to open an image through a browser, and it doesn't matter what browser because I tried IE Firefox and Chrome. Sometimes it even does it when I open things in photoshop too. Does anyone know what might be causing this and what I can do to fix it?
Im on a 64bit version of vista btw and if you need anymore info just ask.
Im on a 64bit version of vista btw and if you need anymore info just ask.
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2. is the issue with one image? or just images?
3. Have you tried anything else besides internet browsers?
Any distortion on the screen when it happens? Any error messages?
When it freezes sometimes it stays not responding for about 2-3 mins then it will come back, but sometimes I have to end the process.
When I restart it doesnt seem to fix the problem, if it does its only a matter of hours before it starts to do it again. Its not just one image its anything, even when I go to my computer to access my c drive its really slow, slower than normal. My hard drive isnt full either it still has about 160 out of 450 gigs left.
Oh and no error messages or distortion that I can tell, the only message I get is windows asking me if I want to wait or close the process.
Check your msconfig and see what is starting with your computer. Maybe something slipped its way onto your computer (like spyware).
One other thing I've noticed on SOME computers, is windows update killing the machine. It tries downloading updates in the background (depending on your settings), and when it's a big update, it will slow down everything. Rebooting doesn't help, because as soon as it checks for updates again, it will continue the download... The easy way to check this problem, is to do windows update manually and see if you have any big updates.
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Malwarebytes-AntiMalware/1186760019/1
Update and then run it.
I'll try that thanks
Its a laptop so I probably shouldnt be cracking it open
If you have no virus/malware, check to make sure you don't have a dust bunny village in the lappy. After that check the performance of the machine. Download HWInfo and log the performance.
http://technet.microsoft.com/de-de/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
And don't bother using the windows degrag tool - utter rubbish. Try get something like diskeeper.
And once you start using a defragger, use it at least once a week, or after you've installed or deleted something big, or worked on a large file.
Also get Ccleaner - good for clearing out your registry, and for deleting temp data.
Ctrl + Alt + Del once, Start Task Manager. Click the performance tab and see the history of your physical memory usage, and CPU usage. If the physical memory usage is greater than perhaps you should click the Processes tab and click show processes from all users to see how much memory is being used by what program. End process of certain unused / unwanted programs should solve this issue.
By the way, how much RAM do you have on your computer?
Yeah I do that most of the time, but honestly its hard to tell what processes can be closed and what cant, I wouldn't want to mess anything up and a lot of the times its hard to tell what stuff is.
I have 4 gigs of ram, and usually I don't have a problem using a few programs at a time, but then I run into this issue where even the simplest things make my computer freeze up.
I used a lot of those programs you guys suggested and I think they will help, I guess I just need to be better about maintaining my machine now that I have had it for awhile.
Once you have task manager open, click on the processes tab, then sort by memory. Then you can see if something is absorbing your ram. Then do the same for the CPU. Everything may look normal, but it may pinpoint a problematic program.
http://forums.pcworld.com/index.php?/topic/64582-helpassistant-folder-keeps-appearing/
There's some nasty stuff that gets into your MBR and causes your HDD to thrash constantly.
it list the hosted dlls, the name the storage of system and alota other crap, and you can get the process of a specific window and vice versa
and so on
only backup is too less, reliable backup is the go
(once lost all 3dsmax files because of not working backup)
I got this, and I'm still figuring it out, but I'm sure its helpful.
Also I will backup my stuff, is there a program that I can use to do this too?
http://www.rebit.com/products-software.html
I use Acronis at my store, but some don't like it as much...
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/