Hi, we really need full system specs to give a 'proper' solution. Other than
that make sure all your drivers, patches and updates are up to date...
ChrisC
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> pete wrote:
>> i can surf the web all i want but anytime i try to play a game or do
>> anything
>> higher end my puter freezes up. i am running xp home and have plenty of
>> ram.
>> have an amd athlon 1800. thought maybe it was the video card so bought
>> a
>> new one and that didn't work either. have webroot spy sweeper so there
>> is no
>> spyware running in the backround. have norton virus scan which by the
>> way
>> won't complete a full system scan because the puter freezes up. managed
>> to
>> scan it last month so it hasn't been to long. have all the updates for
>> windows and norton. the guys at geek squad couldn't even figure it out.
>> any
>> help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> pete
>
> If _Nothing_ just nothing at all works, just format your hard drives,
> that can be they only solution for this kind of a problem. Jus' make
> sure you've tried all possible solutions before trying this, because,
> what you basically do is erase your hard disk and install the OS
> freshly. After this you may have to reinstall all the softwares again.
> You don't have to erase your other drives(i.e other than 'c drive' if
> that is your system drive) you may have your music collection and
> movies in the other drives, but you may have to reinstall the games. if
> possible, back up your save games before doing this.
>