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I just started having a slight problem while on the internet. Every now & then my computer will freeze up for about 5 seconds. If I am listening to music over the web it will sound like a record stuck in one spot over & over, or the mouse will freeze and if I'm typing something it will stop. I do not know if I downloaded something recently to cause the problem. It occurs about every 5 to 10 minutes and only last for about 5 seconds and then everything is ok until the next time. any suggestions? Thanks
 

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No computer expert but do you run Spybot Search & Destroy and LavaSofts Ad-Aware now and then incase your problems is spyware that gets picked up without you knowing? When things on my computer slow down and act up these are the first things I try after the virus check.
 

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Tia said:
No computer expert but do you run Spybot Search & Destroy and LavaSofts Ad-Aware now and then incase your problems is spyware that gets picked up without you knowing? When things on my computer slow down and act up these are the first things I try after the virus check.

Tia I did run both of them with no luck. Thanks for the suggestion.
 

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I have problems similar to that if I haven't defragmented my hard drive in a while.
 

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Arlene,
I only defragmented once about 3 years ago & now I forget ho0w I did it. I have Microsoft internet explorer. Hope you can help or can someone jump in here. Thanks. I know I will get an answer. I always do. My friend thinks that the word TUGGER is some sort of cult because of the way I tout it. ;) :D :)
 

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To defrag on mine I click start->programs -> accessories->system tools-> defrag. It's going to take awhile.

Sometimes mine will come up with a box saying it's had to restart so many times ....blah blah so I close a few programs and proceed.
 

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Thanks. Mine took about 10-15 minutes. When I do mine at work tomorrow,it should be a big help on speed. I remember that was the reason I did it the last time. :) Thanks again
 

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Tia said:
To defrag on mine I click start->programs -> accessories->system tools-> defrag. It's going to take awhile.

Sometimes mine will come up with a box saying it's had to restart so many times ....blah blah so I close a few programs and proceed.

I'm no expert here, but I was told to defrag you should not have any other programs running. Also, you should defrag or even do scan disc in "safe mode". To do this, when my computer is booting up, I keep hitting F8 until I get to the screen that asks if I want to run in safe mode.

And not doing mine on a regular basis takes forever !!!
Somebody with more knowledge then me can correct me if wrong, or explain better.
 

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You don't have to be in safe mode, and you don't have to close any running programs.

However, if you have programs accessing the disk while you are trying to defrag, that will keep interrupting the defrag process, and it will keep starting over. So, the best bet is to stop all running applications. If you're still having problems with constant restarts, you probably are running some services or other programs that start automatically when you boot your system or login to your system. In that case, running it in safe mode should take care of the restarts.

There are 3rd party disk defragmenter programs that don't suffer from the problems of constant restarts, and don't require as much free disk space as the one that comes with Windows XP. It's your call if you think it's worth buying one of them or not. I like diskeeper, however, I'm really annoyed by their constant emails asking me to upgrade. On the other hand, it has some sort of smart IO feature, which basically pauses the defrag process when anything else is accessing the disk, then it resumes from where it left off, so if you enable this feature there are no restarts and it can run while you are using the computer for anything else.

-David
 
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w.bob said:
I just started having a slight problem while on the internet. Every now & then my computer will freeze up for about 5 seconds. If I am listening to music over the web it will sound like a record stuck in one spot over & over, or the mouse will freeze and if I'm typing something it will stop. I do not know if I downloaded something recently to cause the problem. It occurs about every 5 to 10 minutes and only last for about 5 seconds and then everything is ok until the next time. any suggestions? Thanks


I tried defrag but that did not help either. Any other suggestions?
 

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I didn't think the defrag would solve the problem.

Can I assume that your system is up to date with respect to windows update, and that you've applied all critical updates and that your drivers are all up to date? If not, then go spend some time doing that. After you're up to date with windows update, go look at the system vendors website for updated drivers, and if you find any there that apply to your system, update them.

Let's see if you can get somewhere by doing that.

-David
 
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If running a 'multi-protection' package, such as McAfee Viruscan/firewall/spamblocker, etc. you might try disabling those applications one at time to see if the situation improves. You can also see what is taking up system time by doing cntrl/alt/del to bring up Task Manager. Look first at 'applications' to see what is running, then click the 'processes' tab. Double click on CPU to see a list in order of the amount of CPU time it is taking. Then once you see something that seems to be the culprit, Google that name to see if it is a virus and to learn how to remove. Some are pretty sneaky and hard to deal with.
 

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You beat me to that suggestion, Frank. Late last June or early July, I apparrently got an auto update from McAfee that started Virusscan's Insta Shield to start working double overtime. It slowed me down to a near stop. I couldn,t even double click an icon. I had to disable the Insta Shield to get back up to speed. I'm currently looking for a different virus program.
 
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