2006-10-12 04:50:22 · 12 answers · asked by scot 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
If it's freezing up after it's been on a while - it's the cPU overheating. make sure the vent at the bottom is clear - you may be covering it if you use it on your lap. you may need the fan on the CPU and heatsink removing and putting back on with some heat conducting paste.
2006-10-12 08:57:21 · answer #1 · answered by Mike10613 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be a thousand things. If you are running XP you can do one of 2 things:- Task manager via the taskbar.
Right click on the taskbar left click on the task manager.
If it has already frozen:- CTRL ALT DELETE together this will bring up a page with a button for the task manager.
Troubleshooting in task manager there is a Tab for performance. Click on this you will see a graph that shows CPU usage. If its at 100% then a process is killing your machine.Go to the apps tab. There may be an app that's not responding. If this is the case heres your problem! Right click on the app and then "End Process". This should kill the problem and allow to fix the app. If its a trojan etc it will be on the process tab. You need to look at all processes to identify the problem. Get a good spyware killer if it turns out to be spyware.
2006-10-12 05:08:07 · answer #2 · answered by Mark T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if there is a clicking sound coming from the lap top when you switch it on then the lap top is not recognising the hard drive u will need a new 1 and they are usually about 60 pound to buy. other wise there is to much stuff on it and you don't have enough memory on it. my boyfriend is computer mad he knows everything about them and has taught me alot about them
2006-10-12 05:05:26 · answer #3 · answered by sandrashankill 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is probably spyware, worms or adware etc...
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2006-10-12 06:50:21 · answer #4 · answered by semi273hemi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try removing programmes running in the background.
Click on start
Then run
Type msconfig
This will show you what programmes are running and maybe using up your memory.
More info on the link bellow
2006-10-12 04:56:32 · answer #5 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lack of memory would most likely be the problem. If it is running slow it could be a processor or hard drive issue.
2006-10-12 04:52:45 · answer #6 · answered by drkblueangel14 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
try defragmenting the drives or stop working in too many programs at a time. secondly, you can format it once if its old(more than a year or even eight months) and reduce the number of programs when u backup all the stuff.
2006-10-12 04:53:19 · answer #7 · answered by Subho 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its probably got a trojen hourse or ad ware. you need a good quality security program. i use webroot spysweeper. this will get rid of unwanted software an keep it running as it should!
2006-10-12 04:55:51 · answer #8 · answered by carlosfearn 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Memory do a de-frag and a disk clean up that should sort your problems out!
2006-10-12 04:59:35 · answer #9 · answered by Cocktail 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Run scandisk add more RAM.
2006-10-12 04:57:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋