computer help needed, again!

[dan-the-man]

Right so when I turn my computer on and try to open programs such as IE, MSN, Anti-virus etc my computer just makes a funny noise does nothing for about 10 seconds then starts to do somthing for about 2 seconds, does nothing for 10 seconds and so on. the mouse still works while it's doing nothing but nothing else does :bang: and it carries on doing this until the program has completley opened.

any suggestions anyone???

 

[Stu DemonD]

Where abouts is the funny noise coming from? Hard drives?

 

[custard]

tried ctrl+alt+del to open task manager and see whats going on?

 

[dave]

defrag

 

[dan-the-man]

The hd was only defragged about 2 months ago, don't know how often your supposed to do it

not sure where the noise is coming from yet as I haven't had the cover off could be the hd...

 

[Stu DemonD]

The hd was only defragged about 2 months ago, don't know how often your supposed to do it

Hmmm, mine are done more or less daily, using Diskeeper Pro - using a smart schedule.

 

[smokeyjoe03]

Do you use restore points?

Everytime you install a new program your computer will set a restore point that you can go back to. Set a new one whenever your computer is running at its optimum speed. Then should ever anything go wrong u just revert back to it
Best of it is that you don't lose files such as pictures or music.

If you have 1 go to Start>>All Programs>>Accessories>>System Tools>>System restore.
This means if it is a virus you have, it should take it off all being well.

*NOTE*
Defrag atleast twice a week and don't use IE, download firefox, firefox 2 has just been released and has some amazing features.

 

[dan-the-man]

I have restore points so I may do that, never thought of it thanks

I'll do a defrag first see if that helps.. if not i'll do a restore

 

[Stu DemonD]

Defrag atleast twice a week and don't use IE, download firefox, firefox 2 has just been released and has some amazing features.

I use IE7 [previously IE6], and never have these kind of issues that the OP has posted, so that can't be the root cause surely.

 

[Gazza AK47]

Don't use Norton Go-Back it should be renamed as Norton Go-Crash

 

[dan-the-man]

yes i used norton go-back once, never again. can't remeber what happened but it wasn't good

I installed IE 7 yesterday but I've been having this problem before then so it can't be that.

 

[Trancendental]

I don't understand why companies like Norton would produce something that is built into an operating system especially when they usually produce **** that doesn't work, causes more problems and everyone would be better off just using the stuff thats built in.

Norton are Gay and have been since forever.


Run a Scandisk and a Defrag, Reduce the amount of programs that run in background.

If none of the the given advice from this and all other responders helps come back and well help again.

 

[smokeyjoe03]

I use IE7 [previously IE6], and never have these kind of issues that the OP has posted, so that can't be the root cause surely.

You misunderstood me, I didn't mean IE was his problem, I meant "just use firefox" as a general pointer becasue its loads faster than IE.

 

[dan-the-man]

done a de-frag and all seems good, for now I'll do a de-frag more often now

Oh and another question lol. my pc-cillin subscription is about to expire, anyone know of any decent "free" firewalls and anti-virus software I could d/l?

I doubt the windows firewall is upto much.

Thanks again!

 

[Hellcat]

Someone at work was having trouble moving some data from a server.. Turned out it was 99% full and had capacity of 360Gb.. In defrag the whole drive apart from system areas showed up red.. not a single contineous file Took 40 hours to defragment

 

[smokeyjoe03]

Someone at work was having trouble moving some data from a server.. Turned out it was 99% full and had capacity of 360Gb.. In defrag the whole drive apart from system areas showed up red.. not a single contineous file Took 40 hours to defragment

ouch!

And as for anti-virus. Get AVG free version, I swear by it and my computer is about as safe as houses (cept it has windows ) and it runs about as fast as my old 1.8 diesel turbo pug 205 (mighty fast)