My computer (Inspiron 5100 running XP) boots very slowly then on occassion just stalls …moving the mouse works fine but clicking on anything results in no action till often a minute later … then it seems fine again for a bit … looking at the task manager, the cpu is only 3% utilized so it’s not like there is an app hogging the machine. I have run ccleaner and abexo and ad-aware and they have not fixed the issue …. anyone with any sugeestions?
anyone know how to fix a slow computer that stalls?
August 24, 2009
What are some ways to speed up my computer?
August 14, 2009
My computer is running pretty slow. It boots up very slowly. Im looking for answers that are not very techy. I am very computer illiterate and dont understand computer talk. I am looking for a simple solution to help speed up my computer. If anyone knows where I can see some videos or simple how to’s that would be awesome! Thank you!
SOFTWARE GLITCH WINDOWS XP?
July 26, 2009
Custom Build PC. Started having glitches in almost all programs. Usual operations, just this day starting acting all weird/glitches.
I scanned with AVG and got the following changes.
Partition table (MBR) Change
Boot Sector of disc Change
Kernel32.dll Change
wsock32.dll Change
user 32.dll Change
shell32.dll Change
ntoskrnl.exe Change
I attempted to get into System Restore but I get an new window that only allows me to report a windows error.
I got into BIOS, changed to boot from CD-Rom. Put Win XP Disc in and it boots. When I select repair it tells me I have no hard drive recognized. When I attempted to re-install, it tells me I have no hard drive recognized.
NO. 1: Virus? If so, do I just get something like Norton which will allow me to restore to a earlier time? Full Scan with AVG picked up notta except the changes I’ve included herein.
NO. 2: Glitch? I’m lucky to have had a couple years no problems and today is my problem day? It’s a computer, computers get glitches? Am I able to undo the changes to bring me "back to normal?"
NO 3, Good computer tech can breeze through this in 3 minutes?
NO 4, Is there a back-door to get into system restore to restore to a previous time?
I did de-frag the hard drive which took nearly 7 hours (250-gig). I did a Win. System Clean up which took 30 min.
De-frag normally takes 30-min at best. System Clean up takes usually 2-3.
Now de-frag and System Clean up taking the usual short periods of time.
BSOD: Copied over /repair/software and now can't login!?
My work computer recently stopped working. When I boot it up, it gives me blue screen with hive message can't find system32\config\system. I went into recovery console but it wanted admin password which I don't have and corporate won't give me. I don't want to send it in and wait to get it back, so I hooked up hdd to a desktop and copied c:\windows\repair\software to c:\windows\system32\config\sof… Put hdd back into laptop and booted up and it boots into windows! However, it doesn't recognize my username/password anymore. What can I do to fix this?
Thanks, but this is not a desktop it is a laptop. It is not the BIOS PW.
I have permission to fix my own computer. I am in IT at my local branch, but happen to work for a huge corporation who doesn't want to give me the ADMIN PW for obvious reasons.
I am trying to repair it on my own as mailing it in will take several weeks for a repair. Again, I do have permission to repair it on my own.
Thanks for the responses.
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