Sometimes when I type the words do not appear for sometime and then they come altogether very quickly. When I play checkers and try to move the pawn it doesnt move and then it suddenly jumps to the place I want it to go. Its very distracting and often makes me lose the game because I cant concentrate and get frustrated with the movement of the pawn.Please help me if you can.Thanks.
2007-06-12 22:35:53 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Its a Compaq Pressario laptop and only a year old.
2007-06-12 22:37:12 · update #1
Probably slowed down by useless junk on your computer and/or virus, spyware etc...I suggest using CCleaner to get rid of all the useless junk...and for viruses use something like AVG. Both are free
2007-06-12 22:48:52 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Another application is probably running in the background and taking up system resources. If you type ctrl-alt-del you can bring up task manager and check which applications are using how much system memory.
Then check your taskbar (lower right corner of your screen usually) and try to close some applications, see if it runs better that way.
You might also check and see if unnecessary applications are running at startup - start menu/ run then type msconfig.exe to show a list of all the programs your computer runs at startup. You can uncheck programs on this list that you don't want to run at startup all the time. Use with caution, you don't want to accidentally disable your antivirus software by mistake for instance.
If you are trying to play 2 large games at once (this has happened to me before when trying to play The Sims by Maxis and play Solitaire while the game was loading) you may have to settle for just one game at a time.
2007-06-12 22:52:23 · answer #2 · answered by userafw 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It seems that some program is running in the background and is affecting the speed of the processing....try uninstallaing unnecessary program installed from Add/Remove Program in Control Panel.....Try to run the laptom after disabling the start-up program and see whether it is working fine....if it is working fine, there is some program in the srartup doing the problem...uninstall/disable that program....
2007-06-12 22:43:23 · answer #3 · answered by Ranjeet Kumar 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Something is running in the background, you could be infected with some virus/trojans/spywares, when this happens, it will take away a lot of processing power from your computer, making everything else slower than it should.
Try updating your anti virus and scan your computer and download a spyware scanner
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2007-06-12 22:40:45 · answer #4 · answered by Cupcake 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're computer is running many processes at the same time, causing these brief 'hangs' you describe. Check what is running, and see if its really necessary.
2007-06-12 22:45:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
your laptop is being very slow. What Opertaing system have you got AND how much RAM do You have
2007-06-12 22:51:02 · answer #6 · answered by drnick55 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try defragmenting your disc
2007-06-12 22:44:18 · answer #7 · answered by dirrtydude 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
its poorly sick, take it to hospital
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2007-06-12 22:43:05 · answer #8 · answered by sclodion 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋