laptop is freezing for several minutes at a time

[antyler]

Ok so the other day i wanted to get one of those cool virtual screensavers, you know the fish tank kind. bad idea. After i downloaded it ive had nothing but trouble. Quite frequently now, when im running several tasks at a time, my computer will freeze up for two or three minutes at a time. I end up just leaving it and coming back and everything will be like it was. My laptop is fairly new and i dont think spyware and the like is a problem. I frequently run, Microsoft Spyware Remover, Adaware, Spybot, and Spyware Doctor. I am also running AVG and Mcaffee virus scanners. They have both given me warnings about a couple infected files, but i deleted them and ran the scans again.

Im running an AMD 3500+ with 1GB of mem so i dont think that over tasking is the problem. I do have a bunch of items running in the task bar but with my system i dont think that it would cause a problem. Im really not sure what to think here. Previously i was able to run as many tasks as i wanted and have no problem, but now sometimes it will just freeze. Anyone have any clues as to what is the problem? Perhaps i should use a CPU monitor to see what is happening? Any advice would be great.

tyler

 

[inspiron8200guy]

See what your CPU usage is. Also, use Spybot S&D to "immunize" what that does is creat fake entries in the registry so that the spyware thinks it's installed when it is not.

 

[Azndude2190]

What exactly are you running at the same time?And it wouldn't hurt if you shut some apps down on msconfig.You only need one Sypware App and I would go with Microsoft Spyware Remover...uninstall everything else.Same with your anti-virus programs....keep one.And go to your task manager(ctrl+alt+del) and check out whats taking up the most cpu usage

 

[antyler]

Well mainly im just running a Mozilla firefox, im also running Trillian and i have a bunch of stuff running in the task bar like i said. AVG is always running and Spyware Doctor is also always running. I have most of the items in msconfig turned off too.

 

[Azndude2190]

Well like I said uninstall all the other "extra" anti-virus and spware apps you have running and just stick with one each espicially since you mention that you have a ton of stuff running in the task bar.Either that or those scans arent accuarte.If I were you I would backup all your stuff and reformat your computer and install a fresh version of your os ur running...it happens to my old laptop all the time so I routinely format it every month or so.

 

[antyler]

you reformat your laptop that frequently? huh i hate to do that to mine becuase it is only several months old. It might come to that eventually, but i hope not.