I've had Vista for a really long time. However, out of nowhere now, it seems to randomly freeze for about 1 second, then it continues again. For instance, I am listening to music with iTunes, and when it freezes, the mouse stops moving, and i hear repeating sound out of my speakers (the usual freezing symptoms). It isn't THAT big of a deal, but it happens more frequently than I would like it to, so can anyone help me fix it? I have service pack 1 if that helps, but installed it when it was first released, and had one internet problem with it but fixed it and haven't had a problem since. Lol it just did it as I was typing this.
Hit CTRL + SHIFT + ESC to bring up task manager and check the CPU usage column. Is any one process using over 50%?
There could be a million causes of this, but because it just started happening out of nowhere, I'm thinking virus.
There could be a million causes of this, but because it just started happening out of nowhere, I'm thinking virus.
No single process is over 50% CPU usage, but as I went into task manager, it happened again. I'm doing a virus scan now so we'll see how that goes, its picking up some spyware too so hopefully that solves it, but i doubt it. I'll keep task manager open and wait for it to happen again and see how much CPU usage there is on apps.SpIk3y wrote:
Hit CTRL + SHIFT + ESC to bring up task manager and check the CPU usage column. Is any one process using over 50%?
There could be a million causes of this, but because it just started happening out of nowhere, I'm thinking virus.
Sounds like it could be your hard drive. Many drives can become slow and not-up-to-standard after a bit of use (and occasionally new). My Samsung has lasted me 4 years come Christmas, and is now starting to show its sign of age and possible death - things take about 3 or 4 seconds to respond occasionally, media sometimes skips and then plays again for a second etc.
The good thing is - there are numerous things you can do to ensure your drives safety:
1. Defrag
2. Run chkdsk
You'll be able to find a lot more information about both of these on the web, or even here as there have been a few hard drive threads recently. Hope this helps!
The good thing is - there are numerous things you can do to ensure your drives safety:
1. Defrag
2. Run chkdsk
You'll be able to find a lot more information about both of these on the web, or even here as there have been a few hard drive threads recently. Hope this helps!
Thanks! I'll look into that without a doubt.kylef wrote:
Sounds like it could be your hard drive. Many drives can become slow and not-up-to-standard after a bit of use (and occasionally new). My Samsung has lasted me 4 years come Christmas, and is now starting to show its sign of age and possible death - things take about 3 or 4 seconds to respond occasionally, media sometimes skips and then plays again for a second etc.
The good thing is - there are numerous things you can do to ensure your drives safety:
1. Defrag
2. Run chkdsk
You'll be able to find a lot more information about both of these on the web, or even here as there have been a few hard drive threads recently. Hope this helps!
And I couldn't help but see your sig, I can't wait for that! Prison Break is my favorite.