its a dimension 3000 and ive had it for well over a year and ive had problems with it for a while now. When i turn it on and it makes the start up noise music... its all crackly and takes forever to load everything. i had been sending error reports becasue it crashes sometimes with a blue screen. finaly i got a response saying its the video card driver needs to be updated. so i tryed and it is up to date. now things have gradualy gotton worse and it crashes from alot of things. i did all the things it said to try. i then called dell and they said i haev to pay $40 to have them tell me a simple thing. then i decided to try a pc restore back to what it was when i bought it. but noooooooo it says keybourd error and i cant do it. but the keybourd is fine... works great. and i dont want to pay $40 to find out what it is when its probably something realy simple. please help if you know what the problem may be. email me or something. thanx
James
2006-09-29 10:55:48 · 11 answers · asked by J 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Its loading alot of stuff while windows is booting up look next to your clock in the tray see all the icons next to it? all of that has to load up before you can even use your computer!
okay lets get rid of some of those loadup items today! Right now! just do it !
click on start then run type in msconfig then click on the startup tab UNCHECK everything except for 2 instances of load power profile , scan registry and system tray leave those checked off if you dont see those donot worry just uncheck all the items that your not needing AS SOON as windows boots up!
i think that is why the startup music is cackling because it is still loading everything while trying to play the music bet you have alot loading!
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2006-09-29 11:01:06 · answer #1 · answered by Victor C 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have 3 Dells at home with no problems. Sounds like a software problem. Everyone here has given you some great answers to deal with your problem. Go with the answers that have the thumbs up and see what they are all telling you. You basically have 2 choices, fix what you have now a little at a time, or Reinstall your O/S and make a clean start.
2006-09-29 12:22:34 · answer #2 · answered by smiley0_1_1999 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with everyone that has told you to reinstall windows "clean".
That means when it gives you the option of either repairing it, or formatting and reinstalling the operating system choose the latter of the two...You are ALWAYS better off with a "Clean/Fresh" installation.
You will need the installation disk to do this...If you don't have one, buy one! It's worth the investment because you can use it on any computer...just put it in and reboot your computer and follow the directions...
Also, given the choice of format, choose NTFS and NOT FAT32...it's a much better filing system than FAT is...
Don't be scared to do this...it's really not that hard! How do you think I learned how to do it?...Now I reformat and reinstall the operating system every year if not sooner.
2006-09-29 12:22:29 · answer #3 · answered by MUff1N 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
James,
i do agree with re-installing the OS (Operation system, it's windows), but you woudn't have an install cd cuz Dell, as well as many other computer companies, stopped sending thoes with there computers a little whil back but anyway, first, if you have any important fiiles you need to keep, burn them to a cd, but them on an external drive (flash drive, external haddrive, etc) then go ahead and purchase a new version of Windows (it comes on a cd) and re-install that. i know you probably dont want to pay that $100+ but that is my best guess. your system probably has some spyware and/or viruses. you'd be surprised what you have...
2006-09-29 11:23:22 · answer #4 · answered by User of Mac/PC/Linux 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One thing you can do is reinstall the OS with the disk that came with the computer. The keyboard error is telling you the computer does not recognize the keyboard. Run your Dell cd first, then the OS. If you don't have them, you are SOL.No magic bullet for that.
2006-09-29 11:03:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's usually not the computer...it's the user.
Stop downloading unreliable shareware & freeware. Download SpyBot & check for spyware....get your antivirus updated.
Do a Defragment every few months..clean your IE cache every once in while.
2006-09-29 11:05:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
have you tried to clen out the spyware?there is (adware se from download.com).you may also try th disk cleaner form the same site.there is a advanced cleaner for free there.the spyware can cause big problems if you have to much there.
2006-09-29 11:27:40 · answer #7 · answered by fishfrmn1971 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The simple fact that is a Dell computer is reason for it to be screwed up.
2006-09-29 11:03:07 · answer #8 · answered by Electric_Napalm 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
First of all(no affense) dell's suck. they always break, thats the worst computer brand. And maybe you have to much on your computer try unstalling things off your computer.
2006-09-29 10:59:31 · answer #9 · answered by me 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
cause its a Dell
build your own its well worth it
2006-09-29 11:03:07 · answer #10 · answered by Red Sawx ® 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋