My computer completely freezes on youtube and myspace.

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I have Windows XP Media Center but it completely freezes when I go to
youtube. I've tried to install a program there on a number of occasions to
see it the videos will run but it still freezes and I have to reboot my
computer. The same thing happens at myspace. After my playlist runs several
songs, the computer just freezes and won't do anything. I have to reboot it
before anything will work again. Can someone please tell me how I can fix it
so youtube and myspace will run normally?
 
Lowell said:
I have Windows XP Media Center but it completely freezes when I go to
youtube. I've tried to install a program there on a number of occasions to
see it the videos will run but it still freezes and I have to reboot my
computer. The same thing happens at myspace. After my playlist runs several
songs, the computer just freezes and won't do anything. I have to reboot it
before anything will work again. Can someone please tell me how I can fix it
so youtube and myspace will run normally?
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Run a thorough scan for both Malware and Viruses and Disk clean up.
How much RAM and Disk space you have?, do you have the latest Java version
and latest Flash Player?.
Does your system get overheated?.
Please include any error message you get when the system freeze.
 
Thank you but I scan for viruses and spyware each day.

I've gotten several upgrades of Java and the people at AT&T tell me I've got
the most recent one. I've installed flash player several times, too but it
still doesn't help.

I have 160 G on my hard drive and 1 G of RAM.

I don't get an error message. If on youtube, the video just freezes and
nothing will function, not even Yahoo Instant Messager. On myspace, it will
continue playing the song I'm listening to but I can't get them to pause and
I can't go to any other site. All I can do is listen to the music.
 
I just reinstalled flash player. The first video ran fine. The second froze
after running 2 seconds. I had to reboot in order to get my computer to do
anything.
 
Hi,
You didn't tell us HOW MUCH RAM you have on your System?.
Do you play this VIDs with the windows media player or their media player?.

Go through these Cleaning steps:
1... First, try to clean up your caches, Internet files and delete cookies
by doing this:
Click Start >> Control Panel >> Double click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options.
On the IE properties windows you will see these Tabs:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs |
Advanced
Under General Tab clear your History, Internet Files and Cookies.
Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option:
[&] Browsing
[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box.
Then click on Programs Tab and click Manage Add-Ons and Disable all non
Verified Add-Ons (You should Renable them later one-by-one and see the
culprit and update it or remove it.
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256
Scan for malware from here:

SuperAntispyware - Free
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html
RootkitRevealer v1.71
By Bryce Cogswell and Mark Russinovich
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Security/RootkitRevealer.mspx


Run a scan from here on-line:
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Download Avast Cleaner (offline scanner) from here:
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html
Lots of tools to download and disinfect your machine (offline scanner):
http://www.bitdefender.co.uk/site/Downloads/browseFreeRemovalTool/

After the scan run disk cleanup on your drive.
HTH.
nass
 
160gb hd & 1gb ram as stated earlier

nass said:
Hi,
You didn't tell us HOW MUCH RAM you have on your System?.
Do you play this VIDs with the windows media player or their media
player?.

Go through these Cleaning steps:
1... First, try to clean up your caches, Internet files and delete cookies
by doing this:
Click Start >> Control Panel >> Double click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options.
On the IE properties windows you will see these Tabs:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs |
Advanced
Under General Tab clear your History, Internet Files and Cookies.
Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option:
[&] Browsing
[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box.
Then click on Programs Tab and click Manage Add-Ons and Disable all non
Verified Add-Ons (You should Renable them later one-by-one and see the
culprit and update it or remove it.
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256
Scan for malware from here:

SuperAntispyware - Free
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html
RootkitRevealer v1.71
By Bryce Cogswell and Mark Russinovich
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Security/RootkitRevealer.mspx


Run a scan from here on-line:
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Download Avast Cleaner (offline scanner) from here:
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html
Lots of tools to download and disinfect your machine (offline scanner):
http://www.bitdefender.co.uk/site/Downloads/browseFreeRemovalTool/

After the scan run disk cleanup on your drive.
HTH.
nass
---
http://www.nasstec.co.uk

Lowell said:
I just reinstalled flash player. The first video ran fine. The second
froze
after running 2 seconds. I had to reboot in order to get my computer to
do
anything.
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