laptop problems

[boleyn80]

hi guys, i posred on here about ten days ago, never got a response, the problem i have is i stert my laptop up and it works normally, but after about 5 mins everything freezes for about 10-15 mins and i cant do a thing, i have been doing improper shutdowns which i know u shouldnt, its getting very frustrating, i often get the mssg -windows explorer not responding, please help, i cant afford to take it in to be looked at, thank you

[ray156]

20th june boley80 wrote.....

http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif freezing screen
hi guys, since i connected media centre to my xbox on sunday im having problems with my laptop, i will just be doing whatever and then my screen freezes, then i have to do an improper shutdown, its really frustrating, any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks


hi guys, i posred on here about ten days ago, never got a response, the problem i have is i stert my laptop up and it works normally, but after about 5 mins everything freezes for about 10-15 mins and i cant do a thing, i have been doing improper shutdowns which i know u shouldnt, its getting very frustrating, i often get the mssg -windows explorer not responding, please help, i cant afford to take it in to be looked at, thank you

the problem seems to have started when used media centre and xbox.
one thing you dont do if can help it is improper shutdown,can damage important files or even hard drive,

you will have to give a little more information to people on DK.
like operating system laptop using,how far you get into windows before freezing,ie does windows load fully all the time,or does it struggle,how much memory you have,
there are loads of things that can cause a freeze.

[boleyn80]

jeez, its a lot to take in that, lol, im using an acer aspire 5935g, intel core2 duo processor, 3gb memory, 320gb hdd, it starts up normally everything loads, but like i said it just freezes after about 5 mins, its really beginning to pee me off, and sometimes if im using it for about an hour it freezes sporadically(big word that) if theres a way of getting rid of connecting media centre to xbox ill do it, i need my laptop as i cant get out much, only thing i rely on really, thanks again for any help to come.

[03ahmads]

You still didn't mention what OS your running lol anyway I have a similar laptop & would guess it's either Vista or Windows 7. Have you tried a system restore? If not then do a restore to a date before your problems started. If you can't do that then I would suggest to just back all your personal files up, take a screenshot of all your installed programs & re install your operating system.

[boleyn80]

sorry, it is windows 7, i wouldnt have a clue where to start to do a system restore, im not very good at technology

[Shady]

start > all programs > accessories > system tools > system restore

[Cod3waX]

type 'msconfig' into windows startbar

select startup and take the ticks out of everything apart from files that c:\windows uses apply and restart

let use know the out come of this

[mickydibble]

run a virus scan asap as well,be plugged into mains

[boleyn80]

ok, thanks for time being, ill write all this down and try it, hopefully i can get back on and let you know

[boleyn80]

hi guys, did a couple of things suggested on here yesterday, typed msconfig in startbar as directed,it seems everything in there says c:/windows, so nothing to untick, also did virus scan and its no change im afraid, one more thing that was suggested left to try, if that doesnt work i dunno wot to do

[Cod3waX]

not everything will say c;\windows dont u have any other programs installed that startup on windows load?

go msconfig again click startup tab press print screen
open paint and paste then upload to here so i can see whats running

also press and hold ctrl , alt , delete and
this will bring up system manager and will show u wat processes are running , how many processes are running and the cpu usage

do u get any lines or screen artifacts before the system freezes?

[lagerland]

ALT f10 on start up it has a system default setting which puts it back to how it was when you bought it give it a go m8........................

[senc230]

Download ram test, it may be a faulty ram