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My computer has gone wierd in the last 2 hours. I have Msn running, iTunes and the internet + a whole load of other stuff in the background which I have been told I need like spywaredoctor .
The problem is, even when I scroll down a page, the song on iTunes jumps just like a scratched CD would, the CPU says its on 100% when it does this, then it sorts itself out and goes back down to 49% or so.
It has only just started doing this and its bloody annoying. Any suggestions please.
Cheers
The problem is, even when I scroll down a page, the song on iTunes jumps just like a scratched CD would, the CPU says its on 100% when it does this, then it sorts itself out and goes back down to 49% or so.
It has only just started doing this and its bloody annoying. Any suggestions please.
Cheers
Get yourself a program called jv16. It's a registry editor/cleaner and will also let you look at what programs are envoked at Start-Up. It may be that you have so much crap running in the background automatically as soon as your machine boots up that when you come to use more than one or two applications at the same time your PC is starved of processor power and memory space.
jv16 allows you to remove unneccessary applications from startup process so that when you come to use more than one or two apps your machine runs much more quickly and isn't starved of resources.
Warning!!! When you mess with registry items be careful not to delete anything that is required by your system or programs to function properly!! Hope this helps
jv16 allows you to remove unneccessary applications from startup process so that when you come to use more than one or two apps your machine runs much more quickly and isn't starved of resources.
Warning!!! When you mess with registry items be careful not to delete anything that is required by your system or programs to function properly!! Hope this helps
ThePassenger said:
reboot.
did that fix it?
What exactly is running in the background (complete list)? Have you recently applied any updates to the system? Did you let Windows Update change hardware drivers (fatal mistake if you did, hope System Restore is turned on)?
did that fix it?
What exactly is running in the background (complete list)? Have you recently applied any updates to the system? Did you let Windows Update change hardware drivers (fatal mistake if you did, hope System Restore is turned on)?
Why is letting Windows update (certified) device drivers a fatal mistake?
scorp said:
ThePassenger said:
reboot.
did that fix it?
What exactly is running in the background (complete list)? Have you recently applied any updates to the system? Did you let Windows Update change hardware drivers (fatal mistake if you did, hope System Restore is turned on)?
did that fix it?
What exactly is running in the background (complete list)? Have you recently applied any updates to the system? Did you let Windows Update change hardware drivers (fatal mistake if you did, hope System Restore is turned on)?
Why is letting Windows update (certified) device drivers a fatal mistake?
If windows update offers you the option of downloading certified drivers they are generally OEM drivers. However they may potentially be older than you currently have and therefore not always a good idea to install. Alternatively some of drivers windows update offers are not OEM, more generic, and again may not be the best to download.
My advice would be to see what drivers it is offering to update and then go out and find the most up to date drivers you can download from the OEM that manufactured that bit of hardware. It may be you already have the most up to date drivers and therefore there's no point. That's what i do now as i have learned long ago from past mistakes.
Go to Download.com then download AdAware & Spybot and run them multiple times until they report no issues. I would also go to microsoft and download Windows Defender. If you wish to spend a bit of £ then AVG AntiSpyware is good.
You will probably find that AdAware and Spybot come up with a few problems that they cannot fix, you can google for recomendations and fixes. You can also download HijackThis also from Download.com which can give you a log file of programs running.
You will probably find that AdAware and Spybot come up with a few problems that they cannot fix, you can google for recomendations and fixes. You can also download HijackThis also from Download.com which can give you a log file of programs running.
scorp said:
ThePassenger said:
reboot.
did that fix it?
What exactly is running in the background (complete list)? Have you recently applied any updates to the system? Did you let Windows Update change hardware drivers (fatal mistake if you did, hope System Restore is turned on)?
did that fix it?
What exactly is running in the background (complete list)? Have you recently applied any updates to the system? Did you let Windows Update change hardware drivers (fatal mistake if you did, hope System Restore is turned on)?
Why is letting Windows update (certified) device drivers a fatal mistake?
Simple reason: Because Windows Update knows bugger all about your computer.
Long reason: Quite often WU will provide a driver that 'looks' like the right one (i.e. VIA AC97) however your actual chip is a C-MEDIA chip and nothing to do with VIA (at least as far as the driver package is concerned). Downloading this via WU will bypass all the usual warnings about incompatible drivers and the net result is you loose sound until you System Restore back.
Now lets say it offers your Intel chipset drivers... for an SiS board. That would spaz a system out worse than me drinking redbull
Certified drivers are a nice thing to have, however they aren't important enough to risk letting WU loose updating them willynilly, you're better off visiting either the OEM's website who built your computer OR the individual component manufacturers.
And yes, I've seen WU say the perfect driver is an Nvidia one... for an ATi Radeon card!
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