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 Jun 11 2005, 01:27 PM
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Alright I got this used computer from my cousin, her boyfriend (huge computer geek) clears most of the hard drive and upgrades the OS to Windows 2000. The computer is fine for months, then IE starts closing on me all the time, usually after going to three pages or so. So I manage to download Firefox on the computer and that works fine for awhile. Now anytime I try to open Photoshop, scan my computer, or download software (I've been trying for AdAware) the computer freezes on me. I shut it down and then it takes hours to run again because for some reason when I turn on the computer nothing comes on the screen and I can't even hear the familiar beeps of startup. Does anybody know what the problem is or even could be? I'm mostly wondering if I'm gonna have to buy new parts or send it to a tech (don't have the money to do either right now though...)
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Jun 12 2005, 10:57 AM
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 mmm hmmm Group: Member Posts: 1,591 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 47,325 |
You should be careful with that program AdAware. Don't delete every file it scans, because it also picks up some neccessary files from your system. Such as some .dll files which your computer needs to have in order to run properly. I suggest you do a system restore or try to upgrade to Windows XP.
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[Mediocre]Artist Computer Problem Jun 11 2005, 01:27 PM
kryogenix too many resources being used?
try checking for s... Jun 11 2005, 01:29 PM Szeh It could be a virus or simply ask your cousins boy... Jun 11 2005, 01:51 PM [Mediocre]Artist ^She dumped him so...
I did manage to trick th... Jun 11 2005, 03:15 PM OshKoshPoshJosh QUOTE([Mediocre]Artist @ Jun 11 2005... Jun 12 2005, 09:43 AM
mipadi QUOTE(OshKoshPoshJosh @ Jun 12 2005, 10:43 AM... Jun 12 2005, 09:47 AM [Mediocre]Artist I think my computer predates Intel. I didn't ... Jun 12 2005, 10:29 AM mipadi QUOTE([Mediocre]Artist @ Jun 12 2005... Jun 12 2005, 04:29 PM waitwaitwait Find a WindowsXP disk and reformat it.
Might help,... Jun 13 2005, 01:10 AM [Mediocre]Artist I had somebody look at it. Turns out the hard dri... Jun 18 2005, 10:36 PM |
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