Umm.. I kno not that much about computers..
But my laptops jus over a year old. And it goes incredibly slow and always freezes..
Would it b that its a laptop?
Or has a virus or something? (Hav a antivirus but its a crappy one)
Or would it have something 2 do with limewire? Lol
Thanks 2 ny1 who has the slighest idea.

virus is possible

limewire could be the issue

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but

if u can i recommend a reformat using ur windows disk

Ohh okay. Thanks.
Umm ive got a cd? Thats ment 2 reboot it all or something.. I think
So if i just save all my music and pix onto a flash drive or something.. And then try that one day..
And then not use limewire anymore..
Koz its kinda annoying, it freezes practically every minute when your tryna do something.
But thanks ill try the reboot mayb tomorow.. Myt get my cousin to come up or something.. Jus incase i screw something up ;p

yea, you could try kaspersky, or avg works ok too.

the more stuff you chuck on an older machine, the more it chugs down, using stuff like limewire, and internet explorer you will pic up virus' or spyware all the time, and not know about it.

any sort of stuff like, yahoo tool bars, msn tool bars or anything else are not a good thing.

you could try cleaning it up with a virus and ad-ware scan, and then uninstalling everything you dont use, or you could do the back up and reformat / restore to original which will give you a clean slate, just means you have to start over getting any extra programs and that you use.

may i ask what virus scanner your using?

and yea, try and steer clear of limewire if you can. you could read up and learn about torrents if you wanted, google is your friend, but even they arent fool proof.

i actually dont even run a virus scanner on my computer at all, but i've being tinkering with computers for ages, and its not a concern for me, i wouldnt recomend it for the average user.

i would however, recomend not using internet explorer, and switching to firefox or chrome

let us know how you go with it, and if you have any other questions.

cheers

all i use is avg myself and firefox is so much better than Internet Explorer

Lol. Okay..1. Limewires going as soon as i figure out how to make sure all my songs are saved definately.
2. Im gonna start using firefox, downloaded it thismorning.
3. Im using AVG free.. Koz dad didnt want 2 pay for one lol.
And.. Iv got a cd thingo thats ment to reset the whole computer or something.. But i might need 2 see if i can borrow a friends portable HD or something.. Koz dont wanna loose all my songs, and the pix ive gotten from the v8 supercars and car shows ect..
So yea.. If you lyk reboot the whole computer, theres no way you can keep stuff on there right??
Oh, and thanks heaps for the help, as i said, i kno nothing lol.

you will find that cd will format the hdd and restore windows to the factory settings from when you first turned on you computer back when you bought it
none of your files will be on it any more so back up as much as you can!
as for kaz i think it is dead and gone in my opinion! try using Utorrent or Bittorent.... both of which are torrent applications that provide a platform or gate way for you to download torrented files.... which you can easily find on mininova.org!
if you need any help using either of them just pm me and ill run you through it!

btw im using firefox and AVG free, and have been for years! personally think it is the way to go!!

Ohhh. I see.
Well. Ive just finished deleting everything that i dont need, such as unused apps and old games i dont play.. And now using firefox, which yea, seems 2 b heaps better.
And Lex.. About 2 send a pm about them Utorrent and Bittorrent things.
Thanks everyone, koz lyk i siad, ive got noooo idea what im doing lol.

All good man you gotta learn it someplace its great to know that we can help you.

Lol. I guess.
But still, all the suggestions are greatly appreciated, using firefox, getting rid of limewire, and getting rid of everything i dont need seem to have helped a bit, but i still might reboot the whole computer jus to make sure.
Thanks everyone

I'd just get a mates portable HD if you can and go back to the start. It's a pain in the a*s to get everything the way you like it again but it's the only way to make sure everything is back to normal.
Any PC/laptop that is only a year old should still be fine today after a format. Even my parents 8 year old P4 2.4ghz is okay after a format and re-install of XP. I have no idea what I'm going to do with it now that I've put together a new PC for them, but it's always good to have a spare PC around.

its all fine and dandy having a spare but having a wall of 42 old pc's ranging from P4-1.3GHz and AMD 2100+ all the way up to P4-4ghz and AMD 64BIT 9500's...... thats when you know its time for a clean out.... fire sale any 1??? LOL
1 mini itx pc even managed to make its way into my soarer :/

42.. pc's
Thats quiet a few... Lol
Do you hav a computer in your car??

hmm spare parts LEX coz I'm sure you can update my dinosaur here

LEX-22C wrote:

P4-4ghz and AMD 64BIT 9500's...... thats when you know its time for a clean out.... fire sale any 1??? LOL 1 mini itx pc even managed to make its way into my soarer :/

Got any other mini-itx PC's? I was looking at a car PC for my last car, don't really feel like doing it with this car, but if the right mini-itx pc came up for the right price....... well, who knows?

Hey LEX just wondering if you are serious about the fire sale at all coz I'm very interested.

same lol i need me desktop 2 run grid and prostreet, needs abit of upgrading

hey i need help..... my desktop screen goes funny sumtimes.....i think its the video card... and me bein me knowin cars not computers im not sure wtf it is it does it mostly when im tryin playin a game like pro street, grid, live for speed etc... its realy anoyin, it will work fine sumtimes 4 a little bit but then it goes funny rainbows shapes it freezes the comp its s**tting me.....HELP asap please

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If that's what it's like, it's called artifacting, and yes it is caused by your video card. If it used to handle games like that GRID, etc. fine and has only recently started doing it it may be caused by overheating, which in turn could be caused by dust build up on the video cards heatsink.

I'd say your first step would be to open up the case of your PC, grab your air compresser/can of compressed air, disconnect the power and give the video card's heatsink a good blowjob. If you've got one of those gadgets you hook up to your compressors air line to stop water going through it use it, if not just be really careful.

Try not to touch anything inside the case until you discharge any static built up in your body, in a PC shop they sometimes where anti static wrist straps, but I've always just made sure I touch the inside of the computer case/one of the screws holding the HD in before I play around with static sensitive things like RAM or the video card.

You could also try to reseat the heatsink with new thermal paste, as the old thermal paste/pad may have gone hard from overuse and is no longer transferring heat effectively. If the blowjob idea doesn't work I think I've got some decent thermal paste lying around, I could reseat it for you if you need it.

If you're still getting artifacting it's possible that the heat has permanently damaged the card, or that heat wasn't the problem in the first place, in which case you're best option is to give RMA a try if it's still under warranty, if not it's new video card time. RMA is where you return the card to the manufacturer in the hopes of getting a replacement. A lot of people manage to pull this off even if they've damaged the card themselves through static/general mishandling, so if you have a reasonably legit reason I'd say you've got a good chance. The warranty may be void if the heatsink has been reseated though, depending on the manufacturer.

kinda like that but u cant c any thing will try get a pic of it when i load it up next, it plays games fine sumtimes 4 than just goes all weird but worse than wat urs is doin, i think me card not big enough (not sure wat i have tho) its just weird that 1 minute it will work fine than it wont till the next day, but even just on the net or when i leave it idle 4 like 5 minutes, it has a mind of its own, its not under warranty its about 6 yr old, the ram was replaced not long bak has 512mb from memory