When i try and play a video on my computer either off my hard drive or off the internet one of two things happen. Either the computer resets its self or the media player opens then stops and slows down my computer to an almost compleate halt. Any help is much abliged.
2007-03-02 00:02:36 · 7 answers · asked by angel_of_cruxice 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
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2007-03-02 00:16:43 · answer #1 · answered by rmn_tech 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be a number of things.
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Memory, CPU, Video or all of them
Your computer could need more memory depending on if the file your tryin to play is high quality and a big file size. you should have at least 512 to 1 gig of memory.
CPU is to slow and your trying to run to many things at once
go-to (start) - (Run) type in -> MSCONFIG (a new window will pop up) go-to - start-up tab. and see how many programs are running. Now be careful with this because some programs might need to be started up to run correctly but for the most part you can uncheck everything.. (But to be safe just uncheck the things you know of)
Video card could be not good enough to run the video but that's a slim possibly for that
2007-03-02 13:40:35 · answer #2 · answered by Tim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most probably, there is a problem with your Operating system. This may have been affected by a virus. I think the best way is to have your hard drive reformatted. Important data usually is to be transferred to another hard drive or burned on a CD to make sure important documents are not lost. After doing that, get a good anti-virus like MacAfee or others.
2007-03-02 08:17:12 · answer #3 · answered by Louie M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have some sort of spyware on your computer. I would recommend getting a really good sypware program and anti virus program and let it run. Also get a really good firewall.
2007-03-02 09:49:48 · answer #4 · answered by Kenn N 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think your computer is RAM deprived ! i suggest you add more RAM or it could also possibly be that your pc is dumped with unwanted softwares,malwares,adwares and maybe even viruses ! so best you go for a fresh install of your OS or remove unwanted stuff by running anti-spyware softwares like adware-se, spydoctor etc and also "clean" your pc with ccleaner etc ! to know more about the softwares i mentioned google it !
2007-03-02 08:10:10 · answer #5 · answered by Cant_getcha 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try checking how much space you still have in your memory. or TRy to defrag.
2007-03-02 08:14:40 · answer #6 · answered by h0neykikay 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like you have spyware on your computer
2007-03-02 09:03:06 · answer #7 · answered by Elvis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋