Newbie needs help

Discussion in 'Software' started by RICK1, Jan 30, 2006.

  1. RICK1

    RICK1 Private E-2

    Hi there folks! I just want to say in advance that I am by no means a computer guru, I know just enough to get myself in trouble.

    Anyway, here is my system: Emachines etower 667ir (667 mhz celeron, 256 mb ram-upgraded from 64mb). Last week out of the blue, my computer started having all kinds of kernel32 errors and finally ended up with a corrupted registry. I ended up rebooting from disk and restored the system to a previously good registry. Now everything is working good except the internet. I have Comcast cable and it is considerbly slower than before the system problem, I don't think it's a Comcast problem because my Sunrocket voip is still functioning fine. What could possibly be wrong that would be causing me this headache? Also just want to add that I did go to Windows update and updated everything, I have scandisk'd,defraged, scanned for viruses,malware,adware,etc, the system is clean. Any advise you can offer would be appreciated at this point because I am going crazy.
     
  2. RICK1

    RICK1 Private E-2

    I forgot to mention I am running Windows ME and using IE as my browser. If there's anything else I forgot, please let me know.
     
  3. the_master_josh

    the_master_josh Specialist

    since it is a slow comp (with a celeron) you should make sure that nothing is running in the background. This includes antivirus. You might also have some spyware shields (from anti-spyware programs) that are taking up precious cycles. my hope (and wish for you) is that your problem is that simple.
     
  4. RICK1

    RICK1 Private E-2

    Thanks for your response. I have another question, how do I tell what is running in the background. If a do ctrl+alt+delete, the task manager shows a list of running programs but I cannot decipher was some of them are.
     
  5. Yargwel

    Yargwel MajorGeek

    Have a look here to decipher your running list of programs.
    http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm
     
  6. RICK1

    RICK1 Private E-2

    Thanks, I'll check that out. I appreciate all the help I've received here.
     
  7. Bold Eagle

    Bold Eagle MajorGeek


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