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| Thread ID: 56658 | 2005-04-11 19:22:00 | Please Help Me I'm Thick | Mathyou (7864) | Press F1 |
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| 343844 | 2005-04-11 19:22:00 | OK, Hello I have Windows XP Professional SP2. I've had this really annoying problem for ages, and I'm to much of a PC dim-wit to fix it!. When I try to open a program the hour glass comes up, does a couple of impressive turns then nothing. Nothing will the open, not even the Ctrl, Alt + Delete trick does anything or attempting to shut the computer down. But then after ages every single this I've asked it to do happens a once! Sometimes its only a minute, sometimes its 10 or 15. Sometimes it works fine. Its a good PC, P4 3.2 1GB of RAM and stuff like that. Does anyone know what I can do to fix this problem without having to reinstall window's? I've downloaded countless programs to scan for faults but nothings worked. Please help, Matt |
Mathyou (7864) | ||
| 343845 | 2005-04-11 19:38:00 | Welcome to PressF1, Matt. Can you get to the desktop? Am I right that you can't enter any program at all when you double-click it? When did this issue started? Good luck and cheers :) | Renmoo (66) | ||
| 343846 | 2005-04-11 19:44:00 | Yes I can get to the desktop, and 60% of the time everthing is OK. But the rest of the time programs such as Internet Explorer or Word or anything like that can take such a long time to open or just don't! Matt |
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| 343847 | 2005-04-11 20:33:00 | Have you checked for spyware etc. pressf1.pcworld.co.nz 16 Check out the faq here. pressf1.pcworld.co.nz pressf1.pcworld.co.nz 5 Go here and run a check. www.pcpitstop.com hth |
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| 343848 | 2005-04-11 20:45:00 | What is your motherboard? | E|im (87) | ||
| 343849 | 2005-04-11 21:55:00 | Have you got Nortons installed? | pctek (84) | ||
| 343850 | 2005-04-11 22:48:00 | Also some programs caused a problem like this when XP SP2 was installed. DivX was one. Just a thought. | berryb (99) | ||
| 343851 | 2005-04-12 01:14:00 | Motherboard is a ASUS P4V8X-X And have Norton all up to date and have tried lots of spyware tools as well! Thank to everyone for replying by the way! Matt |
Mathyou (7864) | ||
| 343852 | 2005-04-12 01:26:00 | When everything slows down check running processes (Ctrl-Alt Del) and check for something hogging 100% CPU. | PaulD (232) | ||
| 343853 | 2005-04-12 06:00:00 | Try using FreeRAM Xp Pro. This freeware will optimise your free RAM and monitor its usage and other functions as well. Cheers :) | Renmoo (66) | ||
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