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[drizzt_fan14]

no, the one i had was the adaware se thing, and you have to pay for that. is there anyway i can get it back for free?

 

[leone]

Yeah, that's the Adaware SE free version. Click that red link at the end of that long paragraph.

*click*

 

[leone]

Originally posted by leone@Oct 28 2005, 08:12 PM
The hourglass keeps on blinking.

It's doing ^that again.

Is it going to explode or something?

 

[cultclassic]

Originally posted by leone+Nov 2 2005, 12:12 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (leone @ Nov 2 2005, 12:12 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-leone@Oct 28 2005, 08:12 PM
The hourglass keeps on blinking.

It's doing ^that again.

Is it going to explode or something? [/b][/quote]
Is the CPU busy? Can you hear hard-drives?

 

[leone]

It stopped now but when it happened previously, the CPU spiked to 100% when I checked it.

 

[cultclassic]

what was taking up most of it? explorer?

 

[leone]

I don't know. I'm looking at it now and it's Firefox but it's not at 100% so I'll check again when it's spazzing out. k:

 

[drizzt_fan14]

the winfixer thing stopped coming up, but my computer still freezes all the time.

 

[Sir_Garland]

When it freezes, do a control+alt+delete and look at your task manager to see what all is running.

 

[leone]

Originally posted by cultclassic@Nov 2 2005, 01:25 AM
what was taking up most of it? explorer?

I checked it when the cpu usage was at 100% and none of the running programs were close to it. Most of the processes were at 0, some between 0-10, and a couple that were between 20-40. I checked it another time and the System Idle Process was in the 90's. I don't think it's one of the processes on that list because everytime the hourglass starts blinking, the CPU usage always goes to 100% but the program that's using most of the CPU is never the same or it's not even close to 100.

What else can it be?

 

[Sir_Garland]

the evil closet monkey

 

[dascoot]

:lol:

 

[cultclassic]

Originally posted by leone@Nov 9 2005, 01:51 PM
the CPU usage always goes to 100%

are you assuming this from the little green icon on the bottom right taskbar? or from the task manager performance tab?

 

[leone]

Task Manager performance

 

[cultclassic]

Originally posted by Sir_Garland@Nov 9 2005, 09:41 PM
the evil closet monkey

that'd be me. I put a sleeping bag in my closet for the hurricane. then my bedroom got destroyed. now I'm very comfy in my closet and don't want to move out...:leela:

 

[leone]

:lol: Did you get your power back at least?

 

[cultclassic]

Originally posted by leone@Nov 9 2005, 10:39 PM
:lol: Did you get your power back at least?

oh yeah. But during the hurricane I started reading old books, Madame Bovary and Sherlock Holmes, and the candle light set the perfect mood. Now I turn off all the light and read by the candlelight.... :lol:


Leony, you are on XP right? did you check "Show Process From All Users" ?

 

[Sir_Garland]

Originally posted by cultclassic+Nov 9 2005, 10:44 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (cultclassic @ Nov 9 2005, 10:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-leone@Nov 9 2005, 10:39 PM
:lol: Did you get your power back at least?

oh yeah. But during the hurricane I started reading old books, Madame Bovary and Sherlock Holmes, and the candle light set the perfect mood. Now I turn off all the light and read by the candlelight.... :lol:


Leony, you are on XP right? did you check "Show Process From All Users" ? [/b][/quote]
:wub:

 

[leone]

Originally posted by cultclassic@Nov 9 2005, 10:44 PM
Leony, you are on XP right? did you check "Show Process From All Users" ?

Yes

 

[drizzt_fan14]

I fixed it!! Let us all rejoice!!!