my computer is experiencing technical diffulties!! (-_-;)

[tinzee]

i'm runnign on win98se...
last night, when i was trying to open a jpeg file...and my computer froze....
hm...i thought a lil restart would do the trick.....
also my system tray hangs wheneva i try to open anything on it...
so basically...most of the things i try to open...it freezes ma computer..
anyway to fix this without reformattin?

thx..

 

[Gonzo]

Can't tell definitely what's going on with your computer without more info, but one thing you can check is to see if any of your drivers are 'broken' .. just go to your device manager and check to see if anything has a yellow exclamation mark, or other problem associated with it.. that's were I would start..

Another issue may be that your cpu is overheating.. double check to see if your fan is still working on your cpu..

 

[WarCon]

Was this a file that was sent to you or one that you have opened before? If it was sent to you are you sure it didn't say blahblahblah.jpg.pif(exe, bat...etc) where the .pif was forced off the email screen? The symptoms you describe are common when you catch a virus. Sudden loss of functionality and programs that all start to fail (the virus is infecting your .exe's as you run them).

If not a virus, then you have had a sudden failure in your memory, hard drive or processor that isn't stopping you from booting. This is possible.

 

[tinzee]

<< Was this a file that was sent to you or one that you have opened before? If it was sent to you are you sure it didn't say blahblahblah.jpg.pif(exe, bat...etc) where the .pif was forced off the email screen? The symptoms you describe are common when you catch a virus. Sudden loss of functionality and programs that all start to fail (the virus is infecting your .exe's as you run them).

If not a virus, then you have had a sudden failure in your memory, hard drive or processor that isn't stopping you from booting. This is possible. >>




i am pretty sure its not one of those...^^....
how would i know if its a problem with any other parts?/??
how can i check?

 

[DAPUNISHER]

It could be alot of things, but your problem sounds software related. First a couple of questions, do you scandisk and defrag regularly? do you get BSOD's or illegal operation messages, or just lock-ups? As far as a reinstall goes, sometimes stacks and stuff get corrupted in your O.S. and a overlay reinstall will fix it.