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| 224051 | 2004-03-22 11:22:00 | I had a K6 AMD on ME & it did the same. I seem to recall that the power management was set to go into standby after a few minutes of inactivity. It can also be caused by a CD being left in the drive which will not allow the system to respond until it has started up again. |
Mzee (158) | ||
| 224052 | 2004-03-22 11:33:00 | Spyware causes constant freezes? ?:| Comon guys you can do better than that. Your main problem is that your running Windows ME. Get Win2000 or XP and you will notice you don't have to reboot every half hour. Probably do away with freezes 90% as well. One problem could be that your video drivers aren't correct for your operating system. E.g you could be running Win2k/XP drivers on the computer. A few weeks back I was running Win98 with 2k/xp nvidia drivers and for no apparent reason in a game it would lock up after 30secs. I later found that I had accidentally installed the wrong drivers. Other options include bad RAM, or insufficient Power Supply. |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 224053 | 2004-03-22 12:26:00 | >Spyware causes constant freezes? yes, quite common. >Your main problem is that your running Windows ME. Get Win2000 or XP and you will notice you don't have to reboot every half hour bollocks. never seen any decent install of ME that requires a reboot every 1/2 hour. most problems on ME systems are usualy from poor hardware, wrong drivers or third party programs (including spyware/virus damage). |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 224054 | 2004-03-22 12:45:00 | bollocks. | PoWa (203) | ||
| 224055 | 2004-03-22 13:09:00 | We have 5 computers running ME and apart from fiddling or shonky software, they never give any trouble. I agree that XP is very stable, like its forbearer, NT4 but it is a bit slow on old computers. At the moment I am using a cut down version of XP Pro (XPLite) with good results. |
Mzee (158) | ||
| 224056 | 2004-03-24 09:18:00 | Thanks all for your advice. I tried most of what was suggested without much success. On seeking some local tech help, I have been advised that after he came and saw exactly what was happening, he suspected impending hard drive failure. Borne out to some degree by a thorough checkout of entire system. Working much better now but am seeking a new max 20 GB Hard drive, (apparently because of my pc's specs).Once more Ta very much. | Earnie (3226) | ||
| 224057 | 2004-03-24 09:24:00 | what did scan disk show ? what motherboard do you have ? |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 224058 | 2004-03-24 10:51:00 | Techy said something like damaged clusters, or something like that, on disk. As for motherboard, dont know any details on it cept for its around 3-4yrs old. | Earnie (3226) | ||
| 224059 | 2004-03-24 10:59:00 | aida32 (www.majorgeeks.com) download and install. should tell you whats in your pc. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
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