Willy Wonka
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Tue Jan-04-05 11:28 AM
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Techie Help needed: Computer freezes up |
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I have a computer that freezes up every time I try to download something. I'm not exactly sure what the problem is. I keep having to reboot, so it's obviously not letting me download anything. Mouse, keyboard are frozen the minute I try to download something, which is weird. It's running on a POS Pentium III with Windows 2000.
Hmm..
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Tue Jan-04-05 11:31 AM
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1. When was the last time... |
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Edited on Tue Jan-04-05 11:31 AM by Tandalayo_Scheisskop
You did a full virus and spyware scan?
Using IE?
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Willy Wonka
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Tue Jan-04-05 11:45 AM
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2. I did that a few days ago re: spyware |
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But might as well check for virus.
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Tue Jan-04-05 11:49 AM
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4. This is what I would try... |
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...download the free version of Ad-Aware, update it, then run it and delete anything it finds. An obvious one, but make sure you don't have a virus. Secondly, download the latest Service Pack for Windows 2000 and install it. Third, download the latest hot-fix from support.microsoft.com and let it install. That should take care of what might be hanging you up, but not being able to look at it, it's difficult to say.
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Joe Power
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Tue Jan-04-05 11:46 AM
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3. Check how much hard drive space you have available |
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