Technical Forum

HI, MY COMPUTER HAS GOT A BAD HABIT OF RUNNING SLOW ALL THE TIME AND SOMETIMES FREEZES SO I CAN'T DO ANYTHING. IT DRIVES ME UP THE WALL THAT SOMETIMES YOU'D FEEL LIKE PUNCHING THE COMPUTER (NOT THAT IT'LL HELP MATTERS).

THERE AIN'T MANY PROGRAMS RUNNING AT ONCE, AND MY NORTON ANTI-VIRUS AND WEBROOT SPYSWEEPER ARE UPTO DATE...BUT SOMEHOW I HAD THIS PROBLEM SINCE UPDATING THE NEWEST VERSION OF WEBROOT SPYSWEEPER SOFTWARE, PLUS I SOMETIMES GET THIS BOX TELLING ME THAT VIRTUAL MEMORY IS TOO LOW. I SWEAR THE PROBLEM IS LINKED TO THEM 2 AS MY COMPUTER WAS RUNNING FINE WHEN I UN-INSTALLED SPYSWEEPER FOR A WHILE.

WHAT D'YA SUGGEST IS WRONG?

I KNOW DIDDLY SQUAT ABOUT COMPUTERS SO I WOULDN'T EVEN RECOGNISE WHAT AN INVALID ENTRY WAS, NOR WOULD I KNOW HOW TO CLEAN IT OUT.

BUT THANKS FOR ANY INFO YOU COULD GIVE ANYWAYS

DEFRAGGED? WASSAT?

I'M USELESS WITH COMPUTERS

OK THANKS GUYS.

SO THIS DISK FRAGMENTING, WHAT IS IT AND WHAT DOES IT DO?

IIGHT.

APPRECIATE IT GUYS

The most common reason for slow computers these days is spyware. Do you have an antispyware programme installed? It's become just as important as antivirus...
(PS: Using ALL CAPS is considered SHOUTING on the internet)
:o)

OK DAARTH, IF YOU READ WHAT I TYPED I SAID THAT I HAD WEBROOT SPYSWEEPER WHICH IS THE ANTI-SPYWARE PROGRAM I USE. SOMETIMES I USE SPYWARE DOCTOR TOO. I JUST DUNNO WHAT'S MAKING MY COMPUTER RUN SLOW.

P.S. I KNOW CAPITAL LETTERS MIGHT SEEM AS THOUGH I'M SHOUTING, BUT IT'S THE WAY I TYPE SO DON'T BE OFFENDED BY IT.

NOPE I HAVEN'T YET BUT WILL DO WHEN I GET ROUND TO IT.

JUST HOPE IT WON'T DO MY COMPUTER HARM NOR DELETE CERTAIN FILES OR PROGS

Oh I'm not offended in the least. Just for your sake, most people on the internet will be reading it as very load shouting. You might want to reconsider :-)

YEAH IT'S COOL

YEP, GOTCHA!

OK, I'VE JUST DEFRAGMENTED MY COMPUTER HARDDRIVE WHILE I WAS OUT WATCHING THE FOOTBALL.

GONNA HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE IF IT HAS SOLVED MY PROBLEM NOW.

OK SO FAR, THE NET SEEMS TO BE RUNNING OK, ALTHOUGH MSN HAS PLAYED UP A BIT A COUPLE OF TIMES AND I HOWEVER STILL GOT THE PROBLEM WHERE MY COMPUTER FREEZES AND I CAN'T DO ANYTHING AND IT MAKES A PING TYPE SOUND WHEN I CLICK THE BUTTON ON THE MOUSE.