Do we have a computer fixer on board?

[angels4u]

Do we have anybody here who can tell me of how to fix my problem with vista? It's freezing up at least 10 times a day,it stared around March and it's driving me nuts,I googled about it but can't find a good answer

 

Thanks!

[BlessedByTheBest]

patriot might be the man you are looking for, but i can try until he shows up sister.

 

these are usually symptoms of some form of malware (bad stuff).

i would recommend scanning your system with a few tools.

 

which antivirus are you running?

 

can you describe exactly what you are doing when it freezes up?

what do you see when this happens, and does your computer automatically reboot?

[Mcgyver]

I can probably help also...what are the specs on the machine?

 

Are you running any anti-virus, and if so, what?

 

Also, 2nd what Cobalt asked above...

[angels4u]

Thanks :

 

My computer is Vista pavillion slimline s5160f pc

 

The problem started maybe since the first of March, in the right bottom a little box comes up to tell me that the display driver has recovered..at that time everything will freeze,I do have to x out of all programs and reconnect to the internet and then it's good for a while again, it's hard to tell when it will happen...can be at any minute.

I have bitdfender as antivirus and deleted it for a month and replaced it with a trial from Kaspersky ,it still kept happening so I reinstalled bitdefender again.

I did download ccleaner but that doesn't help either.

 

I can still go in my control panel

I don't think its a virus,maybe a vista problem? I googled it and many people have this same problem.

 

I also disconnected the cable for window media (which doesn't work anyway ,we have to buy another eastlink box to be able to make use of it.)

 

Al those things did not help. I don't think I installed anything around that time.....

 

When it does freeze up and I x out of website and reconnect it will work again,sometimes the sreen blink before it happens.

 

Thanks so very much for trying to help me:)

[other one]

I just fixed this same porblem on my laptop.....  upgraded to windows 8.Vista is the worst software I've had the miserable chance to have to use

[BlessedByTheBest]

sounds like a driver issue, do you do automatic windows updates?

 

you could check that for driver updates, or manually download and install them from here:

 

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=3997166&

 

most specifically the chipset and graphics card drivers.

 

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for the easy way to make sure you always have the latest video card driver, download and install the automatic update from here:

 

http://www.geforce.com/drivers

 

hope this helps

[Mcgyver]

OK...

 

A couple of things before we start saying that it's some sort of malware..(it may be, but right now I think that it is probably a corrupted video driver)...

 

The machine came out of the box with a NVIDIA GeForce G210, and NVIDIA has had some problems with those video cards.

 

It's been a while since I used a Vista machine, but you should be able to:

 

Click the start button,

 

Type "device Manager" in the search box

 

When the device manager comes up, go to the "Display Adapter" and click on it. A sub-menu should appear with the type of card installed (i.e "NVIDIA Geforce G 210")

 

Right click and select "update driver software"

 

If it comes back with the message: "The best driver is already installed",

 

Do the same thing and click "Uninstall"...a box will pop up with something along the lines of "warning you are about to uninstall this device from your system"...uninstall anyway and reboot the machine. When the machine reboots, it will automatically search for the driver for the video card...so if the driver is corrupted then it will install a fresh one..

 

Try that and see what happens first.

[Mcgyver]

As a side note...I agree that Vista isn't a really good OS...but hey, we go with what we've got!

 

As a personal opinion...I'd hold off on Windows 8 at least until the release of Windows 8.1...Microsoft is still working out some bugs...

 

What I did (my machine was pre-loaded with Vista) was to purchase an upgrade disc (under US $100) and go to Windows 7...and I couldn't be happier!  I absolutely love the Win 7 platform...but that's just my opinion.

 

Also, if updating/reinstalling the video driver doesn't do the trick, then we'll take a look to see if the video card is overheating...that can also cause problems.

[other one]

As a side note...I agree that Vista isn't a really good OS...but hey, we go with what we've got!

 

As a personal opinion...I'd hold off on Windows 8 at least until the release of Windows 8.1...Microsoft is still working out some bugs...

 

What I did (my machine was pre-loaded with Vista) was to purchase an upgrade disc (under US $100) and go to Windows 7...and I couldn't be happier!  I absolutely love the Win 7 platform...but that's just my opinion.

 

Also, if updating/reinstalling the video driver doesn't do the trick, then we'll take a look to see if the video card is overheating...that can also cause problems.

my laptop is the only 64 bit that we have.  I'll be upgrading our desktops to '7' later this summer when i find out what all the sugery and doctor bills will cost from this broken arm.

[angels4u]

As a side note...I agree that Vista isn't a really good OS...but hey, we go with what we've got!

 

As a personal opinion...I'd hold off on Windows 8 at least until the release of Windows 8.1...Microsoft is still working out some bugs...

 

What I did (my machine was pre-loaded with Vista) was to purchase an upgrade disc (under US $100) and go to Windows 7...and I couldn't be happier!  I absolutely love the Win 7 platform...but that's just my opinion.

 

Also, if updating/reinstalling the video driver doesn't do the trick, then we'll take a look to see if the video card is overheating...that can also cause problems.

When I got the computer it was a clearance computer from "The Source" online. Otherwise I would have never bought Vista  It had very good reviews.

And  it worked fine until a while ago,I don't know if I deleted something important or that there is may something conflicting going on, how can I tell if the video card is overheating? I don't mind buying Windows 7 if that would get rid of the problem...?