can someone please help. I'm running Windows XP Pro, it freezes up every so often and I have to hard reset it. When it restarts, it tells me that it's running scandisc on my F: drive (slave). The  software I have won't tell me anything. I have AVG, Advanced Windows Care, Abexo Free Registry Cleaner and I use the standard Win Defragmenter. Before anyone says, I prefer these Programmes and there aren't any conflicts because i've checked. Any other suggestions would be welcome. Thankyou.
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Software culpit:\n1. This is caused by the programs are running on startup, those with a icon next to the clock, Avg is a must, but, Advanced windows care and the registry cleaner and you don't need them everyday(now they failed you anyway), and they taken up system resources like Ram, cpu workload etc, thats might be a problem, try uninstall them see if problem gone.\n2. Try uninstall some unnecessary program, use the uninstall link to do that.\n3. Try to backup your important files and reformat your harddrive and install xp from start again if no solution is viable.\nHardware culpit:\nIf your pc > 4 years old, it can barely handle xp with the lot of software and updates you installed, may be is time to buy a new one.
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Ok, well it sounds like to me that there can be one of many things going on here. Here is a small checklist to go through before defragmenting your hardrive\n\n Check list:\n1. Make sure you have atleast 5 Gigabytes left on your hardrive so the defragment process has some physical memory to work with.\n\n2. Its good to run a spyware scan, ad-ware scan, and virus scan befor using the defragment program. \nGoogle the following programs:\n\nSpybot - Search and Destroy  (for spyware)\nAd-aware by lavasoft (For adware)\n(recommended) Norton Anti-virus\n\n3. Analize the disk, then defragment but make sure that no other non-system processes are running in the background that could lag your computer.\n\n I hope this was of help, if not then just E-mail me at void_3e01@yahoo.com and I will go further into detail on what you can do.
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Update virus protection.  Uninstall Explorer, clean cache, defrag and scan disk, reinstall Explorer. Hope that helps.\n\nHere is the website for Microsoft Tech Support: http://support.microsoft.com/
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Try doing a defrag on it.  Assuming you are using Windows XP,\n\nStart > All Programs > Accessories > System tools > Disk Defragmenter\n\nYou might also want to try uninstalling any programs or utilities that you don't need or use.  Also, try doing a disk cleanup.\n\nStart > All Programs > Accessories > System tools > Disk Cleanup
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when getting into wondows try using the sytem restore function.\n\nYour can also try to run scanreg. This is done by using the windows start up disk and typing scanreg at the dos prompt it may be called regscan also. I forget witch one. \n\nIt sound like a missing file or a program that has been uninstalled. \n\nThere are two possible basic problems\n\n1. a missing file, of an un installed progarm or an accidently deleted file.\n\n2. A windows regisrty link problem. This can be fix by using the scanreg ultility.\n\n3. there  also may be a link to the file in the windows starup files like system.ini or orther windows configuration file. This may be corrected in the system configuration file ultility. I dont know wich version of windows you are using.Windows xp id diffrient from me\n\nI hope that this points you in th right direction.
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Step by step instructions for defrag.\n\nFor Windows XP\n\nBegin by first clicking on the Start Button.\n\nThen move your mouse over the All Programs icon to display all Start Menu folders.\n\nIf your Start Menu is set to the Classic View, move your mouse over the Programs folder instead.\n\nNow, move your mouse onto the Accessories menu folder until it expands.\n\nThen move your mouse onto the System Tools menu folder until it expands.\n\nNow Click on the Disk Defragmenter icon to launch the program.\n\nThen use your mouse to highlight the drive that you want to Defragment?\n\nThen click on the Defragment button located on the lower left hand center of the screen.\n\nWindows XP will analyze your drive first and then display a visual estimate of the final results.\n\nAnd Windows XP will continually show you a progress indicator bar depicting its progress.\n\nWhen Windows is finished it will ask you if you would like to quit the Defrag Program.\n\nSelect YES to quit the Disk Defragmenter Program and then reboot your computer.\n\nYou may wan to scan your PC for spyware,adware,trojans.\nAll of these are ones that I personally use and all are free.\n\nI-Worm/Stration · BackDoor.Generic3.GBB and .GBC · Worm/Generic.FX · Exploit.WMF\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5\n\nSpybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you haven't intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware. Even if you don't see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm giving it a try to see if something has invaded your computer.\nhttp://www.safer-networking.org/\n\nhttp://superantispyware.com/\nSUPERAntiSpyware is the most thorough scanner on the market. Our Multi-Dimensional Scanning and Process Interrogation Technology will detect spyware that other products miss! SUPERAntiSpyware will remove ALL the Spyware, NOT just the easy ones!\nEasily remove over 100,000 pests such as SmitFraud, Vundo, WinFixer, SpyAxe, SpyFalcon, WinAntiVirus, AntiVermins and thousands more!\nMake sure after you download any of these, that you update them.
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when i get probs like that i just start from fresh if your pc works the same as mine just restart comp and pressf8 or f11 continuously and follow instructions.only problem with this is it wipes everything off.ie .security downloads etc so will have to put all back on but its like having a new comp but make you got discs you need first .good luck.allways works 4 me.
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Sounds like the program is conflicting with something on your puter and you might need to delete it.  Do you defrag regularly? Here some things to try. \nOne should do a  disk cleanup everyday and defrag two or three times a week if the computer is used moderately. Try this. \nYou may need to do a Disk Cleanup..and be sure you have all the boxes checked.... \nDefrafg your C drive or what ever is your \nmain harddrive... Make sure you have selected the C Drive.... This is called a Disk Defragmenter... \nGo to : Start... \nprograms.. \naccessories... \nsystem tools..\nDo this often... \nTry the System Restore which takes you back to a time when your computer was working good. Go To: \nstart\nprograms\naccessories\nsystems tools\nsystem restore\nThis process is completely reversable. And does not remove your personal files.  Just go back one checkpoint at a time until your puter is working good again.\nE
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Here are my recommendations.\n\nA major cause of slow PC's is fragmentation of the hard drive.\nYou need to defragment the HD at least once a week if not more depending on how much you use your computer, and what you do with it.  \n\nOne way is to use the defragment utility built into Windows XP.  It is slow but does the job rather well.  Go to:\nStart > Programs > Accessories > System Tools   and then click on System Defrag to run the tool.  It will take several hours so let it run overnight or simply walk away from your PC for a few hours.\n\nA great program for defragging automatically is Diskeeper. It costs $30 but is well worth it. Go to www.download.com and search for Diskeeper. Read the Publishers Description and the tech and user reviews. It can be scheduled to run automatically as the program deems necessary, and if you are using your PC and the program launches itself, it will take a backseat to whatever you are doing and give you the priority for CPU usage. I think you'll agree it's a good program to have. It precludes your needing to remember to defrag at regular intervals.\n\nAlso, another major cause of a slow PC is programs that are running in the background. Here's another really good Microsoft tool.  Go to Start > Run >   type in msconfig in the box and click OK.\nThis will bring up a window with several tabs at the top.  Click on the “Startup” tab.  It will list the programs that are running on your PC and eating up resources.  Look them over carefully and turn off any that don’t absolutely have to be running.  Simply click on the “check mark” in the little box beside the program name.  Clicking on it will remove the check mark.  Once you have edited the Startup list, click on Apply and then on OK.  Once you have exited the window, reboot your PC for the settings to take effect.\n\nAnother good thing to have is a little program called FreeRAM Pro. It is free and is available from www.download.com This program puts a little RAM meter on the System Tray and shows how much RAM you have remaining that you are not using at any given time.  I think you may be surprised at how little RAM you have to run other programs. Also, once it is installed you can right click on the little meter, then click on RESTORE and it will open the RAM display window. You can tweak the settings so it will display your CPU usage also.  Then just click “Minimize” and then “To System Tray” to return to the Task Bar.\n\n What happens when you run out of or run real low on RAM is that the OS recognizes the low or no RAM situation and starts using a section of your hard drive as memory. This is called virtual memory, or a swap file. The PC is constantly writing and reading from your HD. Comparitively, it is a very slow process. Check your motherboard manual and determine how much RAM each slot can hold. It will also tell you what type of RAM you need. You can also go to http://www.crucial.com and run their analysis utility to determine what kind and how much RAM is installed in your PC. Depend on your MoBo manual to determine the RAM limits of each slot though.\n\nHope this helps
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well seems u have done everything, almost. here is something u can try. if u have a winxp cd, try sfc/scan now
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Try using Opera\n\nIt sounds to me like there is either a virus/worm on your computer, or there is a problem with the operating system. If you still can't get it to work, ensure you have the windows cd, put it in the cd drive, go to start>run . type "sfc /scannow" (without the quotes). This will replace all important windows files with the origionals, but it is not a reinstall, so you will not have to worry about any problems with programs. I'm not sure what to say if none of those work, except scan for viruses with either AVG free or Avast! anti-virus programs (both are free).\n\nGood Luck!
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Run disk cleanup in start/applications/system tools\nAnd then run disk defragmenter in the same location\nMake sure you do it in that order.\nDisk cleanup will delete unused files and the defragmenter will bring files together that are in different places on the hard drive.\ni would suggest doing this whilst doing nothing else (e.g dont run any other programs while performing these) otherwise they may not work very well. once completed restart your P.c and voila!\n\nIf your P.C is still running slow it could be some kind of "ware", spyware, malware, e.c.t.\n\nIf still no then perhaps you should consider buying some more RAM. P.cs these day's really need 512mb at least to run really smoothly through high graphic tasks, like games for instance.\n\nIf you are still having a problem email me on yahoo. good luck\n\nP.S  IF YOU ARE USING NORTON THEN THAT WILL BE THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM. DON'T USE NORTON ANTI-VIRUS OR NORTON ANYTHING. IT WILL GRIND YOUR P.C TO A HALT. THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER PACKAGES OUT THERE THAT DONT DO THIS AND WORK JUST AS WELL, SOME OF THEM FREE.\n\nIf your looking for a free anti-virus or spyware try AGV. search it on google or watever. Go on there site a select free downloads. I use it and it is the best one i have ever used, and its completely free!
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Give it a thorough 'disc check' and 'defragmentation'.  If you do not know how, modify your question.
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Defrag your hard drive partitions (All of them)\n\nYou can do this by going in:\nStart > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter.\n\n(This may take an awfully long time!)\n\nIt makes your PC run faster.
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A major reason why a lot of machines start slowing down after a while is because of noncontiguous files on your hard drive.  this can easily be fixed by running your disk defragmenter.\n\nTo run Disk Defragmenter on WinXP:\n>Start\n>All Programs\n>Accessories\n>System Tools\n>Disk Defragmenter\n\nMake sure your C: Drive is selected, and then Click analyze to find out how many noncontiguous files are your machine.  If will then tell you if you need to defragement, if so, click Defragment.  It shouldn't take more than an hour to defrag.  Restart, and your computer should be running faster at the startup.\n\nIf there's no difference in the performance, from System Tools, click Disk Cleanup.  If that doesn't work, you might need to run System Restore or reinstall your OS from scratch.  Good luck!
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XP W/ SP 2 IS ACTUALLY (man, that's annoying) quite stable.  With problems like that I'd try reinstalling Windows--this'll give you a fresh install and wipe out stuff running in the background.  If same thing happens with fresh install you probably have a hardware problem.
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Ok. You probably need to clean out your computer thoroughly. There are bunches of ways to do this, so let me give you a bunch of options. Keep in mind that you can get alot of this stuff for free, but if you want you can pay for some of the stuff too, I will signify that.\n\n1. You probably want to defragment the computer. There is an option for that somewhere in control panel.\n\n2.Yes, you probably want to scan disk too. To do scan disk & defragment, go into control panel, and there will be an option saying performance and maintenance (make sure your in category view, not classic view, you can tell in upper left hand corner). Then there will be a bunch of options, go through them and figure out what you want to do, a no brainer after you get into performance and maintenance.\n\n3. You might have virus's, spyware. I suggest downloading this, it's totally free. http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10399602.html?tag=lst-0-1\nand if you got to the page you will notice it got 5 out of 5 stars from the editor, and a average of 4.5 stars from users.\n\n4.You might want to try WinAso. this is only a trial program, it still works when it is free, but not as good. it's still a good program when it is free though. http://www.download.com/WinASO-Registry-Optimizer/3000-2094_4-10477738.html\n\nI haven't tried this one either, it's like WinAso, but it is totally free, it has good reviews, you might want to try this. http://www.download.com/Advanced-WindowsCare/3000-2086_4-10511244.html?tag=pop\n\n5. There is another program that frees up Ram on your drive, you might want to try this too http://www.download.com/FreeRAM-XP-Pro/3000-2086_4-10485945.html?tag=pop\n\n6. Other than that, that is basically all the stuff I use, my computer isn't well equipped hardware wise, but I clean it out so good it runs really well, I have WAYYY more programs than I should too. Haha. I hope that helps.