my xp software is fake as i am always reminded of by the computer,but the problem is that now, everything is comparitively slower, even for the computer to fully boot takes about 6 minutes and cpu always makes a loud an annoying noise which i think is from the fans. i want to know if the slower rate and the noise is a hardware problem or if the two are caused by two different problems
View 7 RepliesAs though it's downloading something, but it's not.It keeps making this noise most of the time now.Have I got a virus?
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View 3 Replies View Relatedwhen this computer is loading, it's kinda loud, i dont know if this is surposed to be like this or not but wold appreciate.
View 5 Replies View RelatedWhen I start up my cpu, it makes a really loud whirring noise, but after I am logged into Windows and after about 2 minutes, the whirring sound subsides. I'm not sure if there is anything wrong with my computer.... I'm extremely worried about that weird whirring sound.
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View 14 Replies View RelatedI just got a used computer from a friend,they told me it was xp well it is,im pretty sure,but vista is on it for some reason and whenever it asks for the key(thats on the side of the tower)i put it in and it says its not the right code,i think because its not a vista computer?I can put it in safe mode and stuff i was wondering if i could take the vista off the computer would the xp be there?it doesnt let me do anything when its in normal mode well it lets me use the internet but i cant see my destop or use programs listen to music you know.Anyways im not interested in anything illegal i just want the computer to work properly.
View 14 Replies View RelatedHaving a little problem here. I have a 7 year old Compaq Presario Desktop. 3 times now (Thurs night, Fri night, Sat morning) while it's being used the screen goes black, and the fans shut off inside the tower. But the green power light stays on. I turned off the PC last night to let it cool down but this AM the same thing happened again.Is this problem due to the computer over heating? I just cleaned the whole thing up 2 months ago for the first time in a long time, but maybe something got in there causing the fan not to spin correctly.
View 14 Replies View RelatedRecently Ive been having a problem when shutting down windows. I have XP. When I shutdown my computer it goes to the blue screen and says your Computer is Shutting down. Like normal the computer makes a little clicking noise like it does when it usually shuts down but the fans and stuff are still running and it doesn't shut down all the way. The screen still says Windows is shutting down and the light on the computer stops blinking. How can I fix this?
View 9 Replies View RelatedMy computer fan runs and stays on no booting to post and stays on really loud can not figure this out! What am I missing I turned the computer and tried to reboot after the video screen went crazy and loud noise scrambled appeared! lease help! Does my poor partitons are 28 in number on my biggest drive of 1000gb
View 1 Replies View Relatedmy computer has slowed down lately. i am unable to find the reasons for this and finding ways to make it fast?
View 14 Replies View RelatedDell Dimension 2350 windows XP 28GB hard drive 14GB free space -- don't know how much RAM I've read other posts and thought I'd try MSCONFIG suggestions but how do I know which microsoft programs to disable under services there are tons of them (DNS, Server, Workstation to name a few) -- same for programs listed under start-up most of them have unindentifiable names like wkufind, igfxtray, hkcmd - are these spyware??
View 11 Replies View Relatedmy computer running very slow and taking longer time to get to the welcome screen , uanble to resolve the situation or make it fast?
View 7 Replies View RelatedComputer: Dell Inspiron 2600 laptop running XP.
Problem: A few weeks ago, the laptop became noticably slower to boot. I get an hourglass that lasts for maybe a minute. I can't do anything until it goes away.
Possible cause: Spyware? Hijack This log at the bottom of this post. Spybot tells me I have two "confirmed as malware" BHO's
where to begin to trouble a Slow Boot with WinXP Professional SP1 a (updated as far as SP2----but do not have SP2 installed).
Software:
Norton System Works 2005 with Norton Utilities, Norton Antivirus, GoBack
4.0, Trojan Hunter 4.0
I don't remember doing anything in particular, but at boot up 36 hours ago is when the problem started. After Choosing WinXP Professional (or any other choice from boot menu) it takes 20 minutes to get to WinXP boot screen (slows during white progress bars across botton of black screen). Boot from there appears to be at usual speed, about ninety seconds until windows desktop loaded and able to access programs. Nothing, to my knowledge, was added or updated before this problem. I need a starting point here to try and find the problem. I know I can do complete format of C drive and a complete new install of windows, but I
don't really want to do that unless I have to.
my computer seems to be booting up slowly.Any ideas on how too speed up its performance?
View 7 Replies View RelatedThis is new install of XP (less than a month). Recently something happened where it now takes over 2 minutes to boot up to the desktop. A large majority of this time occurs after the xp splash screen and login screen where my background picture actually comes up, but there is no taskbar and no icons on the screen, only the background. I timed it last night, and it was about 90 seconds from when the background picture comes up until the taskbar and icons appear! I've done spyware scans (ad-aware, spybot, windows defender), anti-virus scans, and made sure all my drivers are up to date. I've cleaned out my startup folder, and stopped unneeded and unwanted services from booting up. I even downloaded and used winboot (or whatever that software is that M$ no longer supports that is suppose to speed up your boot time). I "optimized" my system with it, but it still takes forever to boot up. I know my computer is fast enough.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have Windows XP. I have over 300 errors in Applications & System. What does this cause and how can I fix them?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI started getting ad popups and it started running very slowly. I didnt think anything of it at first but then it started freezing and having a hard time closing windows and it was BARLEY running. And the bar at the bottom would disappear. I had to restart the dern thing 5 times just bc even ctrl/alt/del didnt even work closing these windows. Then it happened. One day when I was trying to restart it, It was in the middle of booting, and when the 'Windows is starting' screen comes up, the blue one right before you would select a user and put in a password comes up, the laptop just CLICKS OFF then restarts the rebooting loop over and over again.
View 2 Replies View RelatedThe problem is on a system running XP Pro. Windows boots very slowly into the admin's account with only the background image visible; the taskbar, icons, etc. never load. A runtime error appears after a while, which ends the explorer.exe process. Opening task manager reveals that only a handful of processes are runnning - svchost, crss, winlogon, and a few others that I don't recall. The only thing I can do is use Window+L to switch users and open things manually via the run function in task manager.
View 2 Replies View Related1. My Operating Sytem is WindowsXPSP3 with $ GB of RAM.
2. For past few weeks my system Booting & closing Extremely Slow.
3. I have tried all the tricks, Removing temperory files, Defragmentation of Hard Disc, Running Norton 360 Full Scan, Removingg ad ware and Spy ware.
4. I have also run the following Programs;
a] Advance Spyware Remover,CC Cleaner,Easy Cleaner,Ensuing Free Registry Cleaner,PC Optimizer,Spy Bot Search and Destroy, Special Page Defrag.
Firstly it's veeeeeery slow booting up, when on the xp loading screen the scrolling blue bars will stop, sometimes for over a minute. When it eventually gets to the user log on screen it again takes forever to load. Secondly. I removed a couple of progs. msn and google search bars and motorolla phone tools. On restart it just kept rebooting after getting a BSOD. I started in safe mode and took the check out of automatically restart in startup and recovery, and it now seems to be ok. Thirdly. my keyboard isn't working, I am having to use the onscreen keyboard which is a pain.
View 8 Replies View Relatedi am using a windows xp, sp2, computer and here is a low down on whats been going on:fake security center alert, about a virus called "win32.netsky.q" try to run msconfig get a warning saying "msconfig has caused system failure" and system restarts firefox / ie will not load and crash instantly msn loads then just disappears avg and Anti-malware scan show nothing. managed to get msconfig to stay open and removed from startup something called "fhexj6825097" under "Application data/google" and now msconfig will not close
View 7 Replies View RelatedWhen I Exit Speedfan,my Cpu And Hd Fans Just Go On At Highspeeds And Dont Go Off Until I Go Bak To Speed Fan And Turn It Down Manually.....how Do I Just Get Rid Of Speedfan And Make My Computer How It Used To Be?
View 13 Replies View RelatedEverytime I start my computer up, it gets where it loads the background, but none of the icons. It takes a minute or two for it to load the icons. It doesnt even sound like its loading anything during that minute.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI'm having problems with XP. The bootup always takes around 5-10 minutes. I've virus scanned and defragged a number of times. My cousin cleaned my registry. The system runs slow when I have AIM and iTunes running. Whenever I minimize a window, the music will play extremely slow...like it burps or something. The CPU usage is always high and I don't know what's eating up the memory. Is reformatting the only answer?
View 14 Replies View RelatedI tried to create a separate partition on this hard drive, using partition magic, to use for backup.I had just successfully created one on my other computer using partition magic five minutes ago.It went through all the steps and then told me that it did not successfully create the partition on this one.I tried to run the "create restore discs" utility and it kept asking for a floppy disc which my machine doesn't have.I then press enter and it brings up the black screen asking me to choose which operating system to start. The choices are: Windows Media Center or System Restore.
View 8 Replies View RelatedA while back I ditched my DSL in favor of a cable modem. I bought a new Linksys wireless gateway to go with the cable modem and since then my laptop (Compaq Presario 2570US, Win XP Pro) has a long delay right after booting into Windows where the computer just seems to freeze up. The mouse will move and you can highlight/click on icons but nothing will open or happen for about one minute until the wireless connection icon appears and picks up the network.
I thought maybe I had something in my startup profile that was causing the delay - I still haven't figured out the delay but I do have two startup items that I'm questioning... one is "carpserv.exe" which I believe accompanies the Conexant modem in the laptop. The other item is "kmw run.exe" - any idea what this is and if i can delete it safely? There are also a couple of 'blank lines' in the Startup tab (within msconfig) that have no title or command listed, only the registry location.
my computer has been booting slower and slower.It is now taking 10-15 minutes to boot to a usable state. I haven't added any new programs in the last few months. I did add Win Cleaner OneClick Cleanup about 2 days ago thinking that it might help, but it did not. I know it must have to do with the number of start-up programs there are, but since this just started recently
View 5 Replies View RelatedI started an upgrade for xp pro part way through the install I got a message "WatchDriverSigningPolicy.exe" no found I pressed enter then got another message "fake setup call himself instead original "setup.exe" ; setup abort!" now each time I reboot it starts to load xp then gives me the same message then press enter it then reboots.
View 3 Replies View RelatedOkay, everytime i play a C.D. or mp3's there's a glitch or a clicking noise every 10 secs or so and its a new soundcard. I tried reistalling the soundcard and the clicks is still there.
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