Tester123

My comp has been working perfectly up until this weekend..

I tried to open a program and got a weird error (no big deal, since I barely use it)

But now, when I want to open a major program(i.e. dreamweaver or photoshop) weird things happen. I double click dream-weaver and it appears to be opening (can hear computer "working").. but it doesnt open..I double click it again and It opens right up.

Photoshop problems: it opens fine but then i go to file>open and nothing happens. Have to close it and open it about 2 more times before anything else happens.

I can't even open notepad without clicking on it like 5000 times along with the clock help!

Redjake

Take this with a grain of salt: Does your computer suck?


what kind is it? specs?

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Tester123

semi new HP notebook

256 ram
30 gig HD
cd/rw/dvd drive
Intel Celeron


ran everything fine up until a few days ago

westothemax

Do you recall what that error message was?

Maybe you have a virus? Do a virus scan just to be sure.

Try this one: http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Tester123

error message said there was not enough memory..which is a total lie. Nothing else was open!

soopafreek

try looking at the processes through the task manager (ctrl-shift-esc), and see what's running when you start your programs.

did you adjust anything lately? are you by any chance running out of hard drive space?

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Lucifer

Well, there's your problem right there!

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saltfish

Do you reboot the machine regularly, or do you use the 'Hibernate' option?

I would suggest a 'scandisk','defrag','adaware','spybot' and make sure that your virtual memory is at least 512 megs.

-SF

Tester123

I use hibernate regularly.. I will do scandisk/defrage/adaware/spybot tonight

Thanks for all the help!

saltfish

Hibernating your laptop on a regular basis can lead to many different kinds of errors. You're better off to restart teh notebook at least once a day to keep problems from happening in the future. Oh, and if you have not done so, make sure that you have all of your windows-update patches.

-SF

Hope it helps!

cartmen34

Agree with saltfish. Hybernate = pointless feature (IMO)

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