my boyfriend runs dial up on his computer, he has tried running messinger 7.0 and 7.5 and 8.0 to no success his computer locks up within 30 minutes time if he tries to run his cam boom his computer locks up i'm at a loss what could be causing this
2006-08-07 00:59:25 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
he did a virus scan and everything came up clean
2006-08-07 01:04:21 · update #1
Dial-up is slow by it's very nature, limits on phone speed, etc. When you tax this connection with an IM program, and a cam boom it is too much for that connection. Move up to high-speed Internet (cable, dsl).
2006-08-07 01:18:46 · answer #1 · answered by BuyTheSeaProperty 7 · 13⤊ 3⤋
Every time he uses his camera it locks up. Only when he uses his camera?
It could still be anything. It's probably a hardware or driver problem. But I can't say for sure. Plus, the camera isn't going to work so well over a dial-up connection anyway. It will work but won't produce good frame rates. Regardless of that, I would try uninstalling it and reinstalling it. May work, may not work. If not, get the latest drivers from the manufacturer.
2006-08-07 01:13:55 · answer #2 · answered by conradj213 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Webcams use a lot of system resources as it is. If he's trying to run one on a dial-up, he's nuts. If he's doing that, I wouldn't be surprized if he's got 10 million things going on in the background as well.
Tell him to pry open his wallet, come into the 21st century and get a broadband connection. Oh, and clean up his start-up folder, too. It's probably a mess!
2006-08-07 01:11:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask him to do a virus scan ..
2006-08-07 01:03:11 · answer #4 · answered by NaughtyBoi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋