Hi ok so my laptop its a Gateway running with vista if that makes a difference. Anyway if i leave it untouched for any period of time it completely freezes and have to push the power button to turn it off. I tried changing my screen saver and whatnot but that didnt help. And i think my computer is running slower. But I dunno. And sometimes my Itunes freezes or when opening a program its slow. I have AVG and ran scans and i have spybot and they both havent come up with any virus's. I dont know anything about computers just that something is wrong please please help. Since i dont know anything about computers if you could please be detailed that would probably be soooo much more helpful. Thanks in advanced.
Anytime my computer is left untouched it freezes
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eijmaster
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First we need to know Some Specs:
Right click on "My Computer" and click properties. This will tell you what type of CPU/How fast its running (ex. Intel Pentium 4/2.4Ghz) and how much RAM/Memory is installed (ex. 512 MB of Ram) OR you can just tell us which Gateway you have (ex. E-100M).
I don't know anything about vista. Though I would try...
1.Disable your screen saver
2.Turn off all of running programs (bottom right hand corner icons, right click and exit)
3.Unplug or exit any internet connection.
4.Then try "walking away" lol or ITunes
Right click on "My Computer" and click properties. This will tell you what type of CPU/How fast its running (ex. Intel Pentium 4/2.4Ghz) and how much RAM/Memory is installed (ex. 512 MB of Ram) OR you can just tell us which Gateway you have (ex. E-100M).
I don't know anything about vista. Though I would try...
1.Disable your screen saver
2.Turn off all of running programs (bottom right hand corner icons, right click and exit)
3.Unplug or exit any internet connection.
4.Then try "walking away" lol or ITunes
treetops
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Ad-aware 2007 is another good free anti spyware scanner you might want to try. Also iv read if you restart your computer into safe mode and then scan that you can pick up on some spyware you wouldnt normaly be able to find. If you have everything backed up, you might want to turn off system restore if you really think its spyware. And then run scans in safe mode.
eijmaster
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So after you boot up the computer, does it usually freeze around the same amount of times it's been on(ex. 1hr, 3hrs...)? Or does it freeze only when you try to use a program?
-Ok you might want to check this out http://forums.microsoft.com/technet...6&siteid=17&sb=0&d=1&at=7&ft=11&tf=0&pageid=1
^^^He/She was having the same prob on the same laptop. In short they fixed it by disabling most of the start-up programs. Check it out!
-Ok you might want to check this out http://forums.microsoft.com/technet...6&siteid=17&sb=0&d=1&at=7&ft=11&tf=0&pageid=1
^^^He/She was having the same prob on the same laptop. In short they fixed it by disabling most of the start-up programs. Check it out!
Mictlantecuhtli
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Have you tried running the memory tester Vista has in boot menu?
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