My computer has been running unimaginably slow lately. It crashed about a week ago for no reason, displaying a blue screen that said "physical memory dump" and basically saying it stopped all programs cause it couldnt find some .dll file. I've system restored twice so it's no software im using, and ive scanned with every adware, spyware, and virusware tool I know. It's becoming increasingly annoying; crashes at random and takes half an hour to restart. Someone suggested it could be one of my drivers, but I don't have any idea about that. Any ideas on what could be wrong and how to fix it?
2007-02-02 15:40:10 · 8 answers · asked by Rage1984 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Oh, I also ran a scan disk. Can't find anything physically wrong on the drive.
2007-02-02 15:41:09 · update #1
What DLL file is it missing. Let us know that and perhaps we could help you. Give me an email or instant message me, I think we might be able to get this fixed.
2007-02-02 15:50:00 · answer #1 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When it says .dll file missing you need to write down the name of that file, also, you will need to know where it goes. Go here and try to find the .dll file; http://www.dll-files.com/
When you have a physical memory dump the system moves RAM info to the Hard Drive. I wonder how much RAM you have and how many Programs are running? Everytime you install a new program if you just click OK on all the Default settings they usually put themselves into your MSCONFIG to load on startup. All this do is help a program start faster when you double click it. You may try going into Start > Run > type msconfig > click OK
Go in here and set a Selective Startup and look for a Start Tab and in there you can read on the right and should know some of what things are, uncheck programs you not use often and when finished click OK and you may need to re-start your computer. IF, you un sure of things, write down what you uncheck, or, just do a few at a time. But, you have to re-start every time you go in and change the setting. You can recognize some important things, saying like; Scan Registery, System Tray, these may be important. Things like; Dogs of War, Acrobte Reader, Joes Gun Shoot, these can be unchecked. See if that help.
Then you may need to invest in some more RAM. Windows XP like a minimum of 512 MB and that just for it to be happy! Vista going to like 1 GB to really work well.
2007-02-02 16:01:27 · answer #2 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It might not be malware but I suggest you download HijackThis http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/programs.php#hijackthis and make sure it's not in a temporary folder on your computer. Then run it and choose scan and show log. Then post the log at one of these sites http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/forums.php
Additionally http://www.computing.net is a great tech forum site that might be able to help. If it is a driver then go to System in the Control Panel and then Device Manager under Hardware. Do any of the devices show problems? Check what the status of their drivers are. This may not give you any idea of what the problem is but it's a start.
2007-02-02 15:51:54 · answer #3 · answered by rocklover 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to your description,there may have some regsitry errors in your PC to cause "Computer slow and physical memory dump".You need to clean you PC.
Every time you install and uninstall software on your computer and surfing online you create junk in the registry.You need to scan and clean your PC with registry cleaner.Good Regisry Cleaner will improve your PC and Internet performance dramatically.It even can speed up your PC by 300% or more!
There are some comparison and review of registry cleaners.
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You can download and scan your PC for free.
2007-02-03 04:22:23 · answer #4 · answered by ROSE44986 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First thing you need to do is check your disk space. How much is used? How much is free? If you're using operating systems such as Windows XP, you need atleast 20 GB free. If you don't have that, you'll need to remove unecessary programs.
Another thing you can do is defrag. Go to "My Computer" and right click your hard drive and click on "Properties". Click on the "Tools" tab at the top, and click on "Defragment". Analyze your disk, and if it's severely fragmented, that could be your problem too.
Hope that helped (",)
2007-02-02 15:52:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your OS files are becoming corrupted. Reinstall Windows. Also, it seems as though your hardware may be outdated.
2007-02-02 15:46:56 · answer #6 · answered by ehottdotcom 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Maybe u should get a new hd or take it to the shop. If it is over two years old i would get a new one.
sry about your problems i understand how u feel.
2007-02-02 15:46:20 · answer #7 · answered by Can music save your mortal soul? 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
try this tool
2007-02-02 15:44:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋