My computer freezes

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Juan Gomez

I'll appreciate if somebody can help me. My computer
freezes almost every time that I browse on internet or
when I'm reading or looking something in a web page, like
newspapers, games, etc. I've done every thing I know but
the problem continues. Thanks in advance if somebody knows
what's going on.
 
Juan Gomez said:
I'll appreciate if somebody can help me. My computer
freezes almost every time that I browse on internet or
when I'm reading or looking something in a web page, like
newspapers, games, etc. I've done every thing I know but
the problem continues. Thanks in advance if somebody knows
what's going on.
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Freezes in IE are often caused by buggy video drivers.
You probably need new video drivers. Check the site for your video board
manufacturer. Meanwhile you can do the following:
1. Use the default mouse pointers.
2. Turn down your color depth. (Right click the desktop and choose
Properties | Appearance | Settings) Some people find that increasing color
depth helps.
3. Turn down your graphics hardware acceleration. (For Win 98, Start |
Settings | Control Panel | System | Performance | Graphics button) You will
see little, if any, performance degradation.
4. Turn off your desktop wallpaper.

If these make the problem go away you need new video drivers.

If you have an ATI video board, try adding these lines to System.ini

[display]
DevBMP=0 <--- That's a zero
 
-----Original Message-----
Juan Gomez said:
I'll appreciate if somebody can help me. My computer
freezes almost every time that I browse on internet or
when I'm reading or looking something in a web page, like
newspapers, games, etc. I've done every thing I know but
the problem continues. Thanks in advance if somebody knows
what's going on.
Click to expand...

Freezes in IE are often caused by buggy video drivers.
You probably need new video drivers. Check the site for your video board
manufacturer. Meanwhile you can do the following:
1. Use the default mouse pointers.
2. Turn down your color depth. (Right click the desktop and choose
Properties | Appearance | Settings) Some people find that increasing color
depth helps.
3. Turn down your graphics hardware acceleration. (For Win 98, Start |
Settings | Control Panel | System | Performance | Graphics button) You will
see little, if any, performance degradation.
4. Turn off your desktop wallpaper.

If these make the problem go away you need new video drivers.

If you have an ATI video board, try adding these lines to System.ini

[display]
DevBMP=0 <--- That's a zero

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com

.
Mr Saunders: Thanks for your help. I tried things you
Click to expand...
told me, but I got no improvments. Could you tell me how
can I know which video driver I have? I think that must be
the problem, because I see that my computer freezes more
when the web page where I am, have pictures or
advertisements with movement or some thing like that.
Could you help me what to do?
 
Juan Gomez said:
-----Original Message-----
Juan Gomez said:
I'll appreciate if somebody can help me. My computer
freezes almost every time that I browse on internet or
when I'm reading or looking something in a web page, like
newspapers, games, etc. I've done every thing I know but
the problem continues. Thanks in advance if somebody knows
what's going on.
Click to expand...

Freezes in IE are often caused by buggy video drivers.
You probably need new video drivers. Check the site for your video
board manufacturer. Meanwhile you can do the following:
1. Use the default mouse pointers.
2. Turn down your color depth. (Right click the desktop and choose
Properties | Appearance | Settings) Some people find that
increasing color depth helps.
3. Turn down your graphics hardware acceleration. (For Win 98,
Start | Settings | Control Panel | System | Performance | Graphics
button) You will see little, if any, performance degradation.
4. Turn off your desktop wallpaper.

If these make the problem go away you need new video drivers.

If you have an ATI video board, try adding these lines to System.ini

[display]
DevBMP=0 <--- That's a zero

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com

.
Mr Saunders: Thanks for your help. I tried things you
Click to expand...
told me, but I got no improvments. Could you tell me how
can I know which video driver I have? I think that must be
the problem, because I see that my computer freezes more
when the web page where I am, have pictures or
advertisements with movement or some thing like that.
Could you help me what to do?
Click to expand...

Go to Device Manager (How you get there depends on your Windows version) and
click the + in front of Display Adapters.

Another thing to try:

Get and run these programs (if you test after each one you can stop when
the problem is gone):
Ad-Aware:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com
and
Spybot - Search & Destroy -
http://security.kolla.de/
http://security.kolla.de/index.php?lang=en&page=download
http://spybot.eon.net.au/
http://www.tomcoyote.org/SPYBOT/
and
BHO Demon: http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads/bhod/

Until the problem is solved.

Further advice available here:

If the problem site is your home page:
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers.htm#home_page

If the problem is a pop-up window, your computer may have been hijacked.
For information about pop-up windows, how to get rid of them, and prevent
them in the future have a look at the link below:
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#pop_up
 
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