Computer acting strange, not sure what the cause.

[ljems80]

Hello all

I went for help at the avast forum thinking that it might be a virus or malware and they cleared my computer of any of that. Here is the link to the thread:

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=149620.0

It's explained in the thread but I'll explain it again and some more detail. Over the past 2 weeks, sometimes when I turn on my computer Windows will boot up and everything will show up on the desktop and look fine. But when I click on a program to open it, or click start - all programs, nothing happens. The programs won't start and under start - all programs there will not be a list of programs. Even when I hit ctrl alt dlt it takes a very long time to pop up and sometimes it won't even show up. Eventually I have to force shutdown since hitting restart or shutdown don't seem to work and I don't want to force shutdown during a restart or a shutdown. When I start the PC back up it will sometimes run a chkdsk which returns fine and also it will ask me if I want to start in safe mode or start normally. I always choose the latter. Once I start up the PC again, everything works fine.

It just so happens that my PC is acting up right now. I turned it on and everything looked fine, I even got programs to run. But it is acting sluggish. Skype took forever to open, I tried going into device manager but it won't let me, the control panel home took a long time to open and alt ctrl dlt will not work to get into the task manager screen.

I have no idea what to do and I would really appreciate some help!

Thank you all.

 

[Sir George]

Hello all

I went for help at the avast forum thinking that it might be a virus or malware and they cleared my computer of any of that. Here is the link to the thread:

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=149620.0

It's explained in the thread but I'll explain it again and some more detail. Over the past 2 weeks, sometimes when I turn on my computer Windows will boot up and everything will show up on the desktop and look fine. But when I click on a program to open it, or click start - all programs, nothing happens. The programs won't start and under start - all programs there will not be a list of programs. Even when I hit ctrl alt dlt it takes a very long time to pop up and sometimes it won't even show up. Eventually I have to force shutdown since hitting restart or shutdown don't seem to work and I don't want to force shutdown during a restart or a shutdown. When I start the PC back up it will sometimes run a chkdsk which returns fine and also it will ask me if I want to start in safe mode or start normally. I always choose the latter. Once I start up the PC again, everything works fine.

It just so happens that my PC is acting up right now. I turned it on and everything looked fine, I even got programs to run. But it is acting sluggish. Skype took forever to open, I tried going into device manager but it won't let me, the control panel home took a long time to open and alt ctrl dlt will not work to get into the task manager screen.

I have no idea what to do and I would really appreciate some help!

Thank you all.

Have you tried running a anti-malware program? If not, visit the following link;

https://www.malwarebytes.org/chameleon/

HTH

 

[ljems80]

Yeah I have tried malwarebytes, and avast.

 

[Sir George]

Yeah I have tried malwarebytes, and avast.

Here's a quick list of things to try;

Use MSConfig to boot into SafeMode.
Check Event Viewer for any errors.
Restore to a point in time prior to the problem.
Repair Install.

Post back results.

 

[ljems80]

Ok I tried event viewer but I don't understand how to read it.

I just got a bsod right now and maybe it will help to figure out what the problem is. It might be due to a graphics card driver error, from what I got from google, no sure though. Tried to upload the minidump files but I don't have access to those, I guess.

thanks for your help.

 

[Sir George]

Ok I tried event viewer but I don't understand how to read it.

I just got a bsod right now and maybe it will help to figure out what the problem is. It might be due to a graphics card driver error, from what I got from google, no sure though. Tried to upload the minidump files but I don't have access to those, I guess.

thanks for your help.

How to use event viewer;

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/226084-event-viewer-open-use-windows-7-a.html

The link below should help with updating the graphic's driver;

How to update your Graphics Card Drivers Windows 7, XP and Vista - YouTube

 

[dperecky]

Quick questions:

-How old is your PC? How much RAM are you using? Is your PC 'standard' from a major manufacturer, or is it home-built? Not that- that's a problem.... It just helps to know.

Sometimes these kinds of weird problems can be attributed to just an intermittently shorting out mouse cable, or a frayed monitor cable- with one or two loose little wires in the harness....

Or maybe your computer is overheating... Does it get very hot often? Are the fans working?

These are just some of the things that you may want to check out....

 

[shankly769]

i use tweaking.com
its useful and it will do a great job,when proceed to the last scan,disable the antivirus,try it,it fixes most problems.i used it several times.
Tweaking.com

good luck m8

 

[gregrocker]

Do you have a System Restore point before the problem began? Try restoring to that point and then avoiding whatever you did since then.

Otherwise work through the Troubleshooting Steps for Windows 7 which will often turn up the cause.

 

[shankly769]

tweaking is my last resort before formatting,although such problems can be resolved before obviously too

 

[Layback Bear]

What happened to the thread starter; ljems80?