Hi, this is what is wrong with my pc. Whenever I try to play video games, use photo shop, listen to music, watch videos, or go to any website containing music or video graphics, my screen freezes about every 30 seconds. The freezing lasts for about 10-20 seconds then 30 seconds later it freezes again. This continues until I close out the program. Here is my system info: Compaq Presario Series 5000 Model # 5422RSH Pentium 4 1.8 GHz processor 512 MB RAM 60GB Hard Drive 16X Max DVD-Rom Drive 16X Max CD-RW Drive 64MB nVidia GeForce2 MX Graphics Card I have already updated all of my drivers and switched to DirectX 9.0. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
check for spyware as comapq and hp are full of shitty spyware or change the video card to something like 9600XT
I have installed the drivers countless times, I got rid of spyware a while back, and i use firefox browser.
I think you have a trojan, I know because I had the same problem. try this program it detects trojans fast and it eliminates them at an instant. http://www.download.com/Trojan-Guarder-Gol...tml?tag=lst-0-1 This is the best and only resolution I found I hope it helps.
all the drivers are up to date and that program didnt find any trojans, but it found about 40 taks running and i dont know which ones need to be running or not. I tried to kill a few that i know aren't needed but I cant get them to close.
When did you start having problems? You can use system restore and roll back windows to a date when you wasn't having any problems. But make sure your box is clean of trojans, spyware and the sort before you use system restore.
I wouldn't, I would for a 9600 XT or GeForce FX5700. You can get both for $100 or even less on www.newegg.com probably. Don't get a GeForce 4, it's not worth it.
