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Old 13-Nov-2004, 17:27
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Broadband locking up...
Can anyone help & give tell me any common causes for my connection to keep locking up? - When it happens I have to reboot. P.s - I'm not technically minded.
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Old 15-Nov-2004, 18:05
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ils. Asking the obvious have you scanned for a Virus/Worm etc. 4D
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Old 15-Nov-2004, 18:32
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We need way more info...

OS
Apps
AV?
USB or CAT5 broadband
Any recent changes to your PC? patches etc
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Old 15-Nov-2004, 19:49
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Just had my computer cleaned 1737 nasty things on it all thanks to my 13 year old down loading ???
works very well now very fast.
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Old 16-Nov-2004, 10:20
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Thanks guys, I was beginning to lose heart! My computer has now started to lock up when offline as well. I'm using quite a new virus checker & nothing shows up. I've recently cleaned out a load of crap from the hard drive which has quickened things up, but to be honest the pc is getting on a bit and needs replacing.
Cheers, Illya.
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Old 16-Nov-2004, 21:52
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Try these three:

Ad-aware

Spybot search and destroy

Hijack This

Once you have cleaned your machine of all the spyware, run a verus scan, defrag and then run disk cleanup. Then get a firewall and you are ready to roll again.
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Old 16-Nov-2004, 21:59
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Defrag in safe mode with only the minimum programmes running the defrag is quicker and more thorough i defrag once a week.

(for those who don't know ) usually safe mode usually is accessed by pressing F8 on boot up
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