Cobb Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Well, I was just surfing around on OTR when suddenly everything froze on my computer. So, as I would do when something isn't responding I do Crtl+Alt+Delete and see the icon for the Task Manager pop up down near the time but the I can't access it since I assume my computer is complete frozen. I've done some Google searches regarding freezing of computers but can't seem to find anything relevant. If anyone has had this happen before to their computer and knows how to fix it please let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 What processes do you have running? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobb Posted December 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Uh, a bunch are running but I have no idea what they are. Only one on the list that I recognize is Google Chrome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reno Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 How often has this been occurring? Just today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 It happened to me to today when I tried to get on OTR for the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 (edited) Well, I was just surfing around on OTR when suddenly everything froze on my computer. So, as I would do when something isn't responding I do Crtl+Alt+Delete and see the icon for the Task Manager pop up down near the time but the I can't access it since I assume my computer is complete frozen. I've done some Google searches regarding freezing of computers but can't seem to find anything relevant. If anyone has had this happen before to their computer and knows how to fix it please let me know.Its probably a sign that you are downloading too much porn my dear sir. Edited December 1, 2009 by Ya Dig! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWaLL Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Get a Mac and this won't ever happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtTheDriveIn Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 It could be a few things. If you're computer is fairly old (at least one and a half years) then you're using a lot of the RAM which slows the computer down. Now if there's a lot of things being processed at once, it will eventually overwhelm the computer to the point where it will freeze. Without buying some new RAM, the best way is to find out where processes are useless to you (and trust me, there are ones no one ever uses) and delete them. It'll temporarily be fine, but this is something you'll have to do weekly and it becomes quite a chore when you don't know what everything is. Secondly, untrusted sites. No judgement made on my behalf, but porn sites, gambling sites etc. all come with spyware and adware which throws your computer way off track. Even if you have protection, there isn't much you can do. But that's only if you're downloading things directly from websites which are suspicious, so it may not be that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly3rs18 Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 how old is the computer? and try to find out what other things you have running. just google search the name of the process to figure out what things are. try to end anything that you dont need (make sure not to end any windows processes) but most importantly, run a virus scan. see if you can find anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moeroadkill Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 iv had this problem beforeif u cant open ctrl alt delete after u reset ur computer u got a virus. iv had it before and my computer stopped working after a few days, my advice is to reformat now and try save as much stuff/files as u can once u done that then reformat it. and no anti spyware works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobb Posted December 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 It could be a few things. If you're computer is fairly old (at least one and a half years) then you're using a lot of the RAM which slows the computer down. Now if there's a lot of things being processed at once, it will eventually overwhelm the computer to the point where it will freeze. Without buying some new RAM, the best way is to find out where processes are useless to you (and trust me, there are ones no one ever uses) and delete them. It'll temporarily be fine, but this is something you'll have to do weekly and it becomes quite a chore when you don't know what everything is. Secondly, untrusted sites. No judgement made on my behalf, but porn sites, gambling sites etc. all come with spyware and adware which throws your computer way off track. Even if you have protection, there isn't much you can do. But that's only if you're downloading things directly from websites which are suspicious, so it may not be that.Yeah, mine's going on three years this December and I don't download anything except for documents I need for school. No porno or what not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly3rs18 Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 iv had this problem beforeif u cant open ctrl alt delete after u reset ur computer u got a virus. iv had it before and my computer stopped working after a few days, my advice is to reformat now and try save as much stuff/files as u can once u done that then reformat it. and no anti spyware works i might not definitely be that virus, but i would suggest to back everything up on an external or flash drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobb Posted December 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 I just reformatted my computer. So far so good. I got all the files that I could think of saved to a flash drive so I'm good. Now I just got to install AIM, Google Chrome, Microsoft Office, and a bunch of other things. Hopefully all the freezing is gone. Thanks for the help guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deestillballin Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 I love OSRI's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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