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    applications kept freezing

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by SuperNova1, Oct 28, 2008.

  1. SuperNova1

    SuperNova1 Notebook Consultant

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    my apps freeze a lot lately with some unknown reasons, such as AIM, MSN, Firefox, IE, flashget. any idea why? I scanned for virus and used o&o defrag.
    machine: sager 5793
    OS: vista ultimate 64bit
     
    SuperNova1, Oct 28, 2008
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    Can you notice some sort of a pattern (like : when opening up a new tab in FF, starting a download in Flashget, sending a message from MSN etc..) ? Does this only happen for internet related applications ? If so, then it could be a network related issue. How do you connect to the internet ? wired or wireless ? Did you try changing / upgrading network adapter drivers ?
     
    PhoenixFx, Oct 28, 2008
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  3. SuperNova1

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    browsers and flashget are randomly frozen. regarding AIM and MSN, they freeze every single time after i wake my computer from sleep mode.
    seems like internet related apps only.
    I connect to internet via school's wifi. could it be the vista updates? because i've been using the same drivers but it never happened before. Thanks.
     
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    I updated the wifi driver and all windows updates, problems still remain. any idea?
     
    SuperNova1, Oct 29, 2008
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    its either virus or u have drivers incompatible with the current os.
    ultimate automatically updates drivers, u may have too many drivers in ur system.
     
    nomoredell, Oct 29, 2008
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    now it seems like even the none internet related apps are getting involved. no ones can help me out?
     
    SuperNova1, Oct 30, 2008
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    What anti-virus are you running? I remember I had the same issue with NOD32.
     
    Harper2.0, Oct 31, 2008
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    I have the same prob as the OP.
    whenever I have firefox(minefield) and malwarebytes running at once, it just freezes forever. does anyone know why?
    Thanks a lot.
     
    cn_habs, Oct 31, 2008
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  9. SuperNova1

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    I have kaspersky IS 7.0
    I am gonna stop running it and see what happen.
     
    SuperNova1, Oct 31, 2008
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    Sounds like an OS issue to me actually...
     
    potentv, Oct 31, 2008
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