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RE: Newbie here....needing help!!

fastfreddie1959 — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:05:25 GMT

Dirt-dust-and clogged air vents will cause your CPU to get hot
and hang.
Check your task manager to see what app or process is using
the most memory and what % your CPU is at.
If you know how to take the cover off then by all means
get a can of air and clean it out.
Especially around the CPU -fan.:)

RE: Newbie here....needing help!!

RIK — Thu, 15 May 2008 02:52:36 GMT

Will check it out...thank you very much:)

RE: Newbie here....needing help!!

exTI — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:23:36 GMT

Welcome RIK

[quote]my Laptop-XP is acting up and is hanging, has 4kb bad sectors [/quote]

I would look for a hard drive diagnostic from the manufacturers web site. Your symptoms could also be pointing to a failing hard drive.

RE: Newbie here....needing help!!

RIK — Wed, 14 May 2008 02:10:42 GMT

Hey Guys:)

Thanks alot for these tips...I'll be posting ASAP....

Cheers once again dudes!

Rik:)

RE: Newbie here....needing help!!

quietman7 — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:09:19 GMT

Welcome to the forums RIK.

If startup is taking a long time, you may have too many programs running or there may be a malware infection on your system. In that case you would follow the instructions here.

RE: Newbie here....needing help!!

chilly willy — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:49:32 GMT

Hi RIK

Welcome to Tweaks.com.

I would post that question in either Hardware and Driver Support or General Windows Support.

Newbie here....needing help!!

RIK — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:38:39 GMT

Hi there all:)

I've posted here before and found it very helpfull, you guys are damn cool!

(I kinda forgot my password and have had to re-register....)

Don't want to sound thick, but where would be an appropriate place to post for help with my Laptop-XP is acting up and is hanging, has 4kb bad sectors and programs take uber long to load. Not to mention start up takes around 3 minutes and the Windows tune is all garbled.....

If anyone can tell me the best place to post my dilema, please do so!

Regards,

Rik:)