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Willy Wonka Donating Member (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 11:28 AM
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Techie Help needed: Computer freezes up
I have a computer that freezes up every time I try to download something. I'm not exactly sure what the problem is. I keep having to reboot, so it's obviously not letting me download anything. Mouse, keyboard are frozen the minute I try to download something, which is weird. It's running on a POS Pentium III with Windows 2000.

Hmm..

-WW
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 11:31 AM
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1. When was the last time...
Edited on Tue Jan-04-05 11:31 AM by Tandalayo_Scheisskop
You did a full virus and spyware scan?

Using IE?
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Willy Wonka Donating Member (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 11:45 AM
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2. I did that a few days ago re: spyware
But might as well check for virus.
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SKKY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 11:49 AM
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4. This is what I would try...
...download the free version of Ad-Aware, update it, then run it and delete anything it finds. An obvious one, but make sure you don't have a virus. Secondly, download the latest Service Pack for Windows 2000 and install it. Third, download the latest hot-fix from support.microsoft.com and let it install. That should take care of what might be hanging you up, but not being able to look at it, it's difficult to say.
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Joe Power Donating Member (778 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 11:46 AM
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3. Check how much hard drive space you have available
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