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My computer is literally about to explode. Someone please help me with this, I got rid of all my junk and stuff. I cant do a complete wipe to like restart it because its my home computer but if someone could help me out on getting my computer working properly that would be amazingness.

What's happening? Blue screens? The CRSSSSSSH screens? Not starting? Overheating? Somebody set us up the bomb? Wrench in the works? Ghost possessing it? It's secretly an etch-and-sketch and your parents haven't told you yet? We need details.

TheRedDuncan wrote:What's happening? Blue screens? The CRSSSSSSH screens? Not starting? Overheating? Somebody set us up the bomb? Wrench in the works? Ghost possessing it? It's secretly an etch-and-sketch and your parents haven't told you yet? We need details.

Probably a ghost. Its just extremely slow.

Check the taskbar if you have a lot of background software running, also check Task Manager (Right-click on the taskbar -> 'Start Task Manager'), click the "Processes" tab in Task Manager. Sort by memory usage (most to least), and check if anything uses like 150,000k (if you have an older computer of some sort).

Alex wrote:Check the taskbar if you have a lot of background software running, also check Task Manager (Right-click on the taskbar -> 'Start Task Manager'), click the "Processes" tab in Task Manager. Sort by memory usage (most to least), and check if anything uses like 150,000k (if you have an older computer of some sort).

Only backround program I ever have running is Skype. Which in processes takes up 118k... what do I do now?

Virus scan. Spyware scan.

Port_A_Build wrote:Virus scan. Spyware scan.

My scan tells me there is one problem. Just doesn't tell me what it is. Should I quarantine or trust?

What's the name? Will probably be something like "Win32/trojan.generic" or something like that, and yeah quaritine it, unless it's a PUP, then post the name of the program if you can.

Do what I do when my comp gets overly cluttered.
Save important files that would be excruciating to get back onto a flash drive and reset your computer to factory. (I mainly just save pictures that I can't get back)

Deth V wrote:What's the name? Will probably be something like "Win32/trojan.generic" or something like that, and yeah quaritine it, unless it's a PUP, then post the name of the program if you can.

Like I said. It just doesn't tell me WHAT the problem is.