Re: Techie query

"Tickettyboo" <tickettyboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3vufmbF17ri27U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> In news:3vuegqF1738g6U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> Splodge whispered softly in my ear...:
>> Since 4pm today my computer and screen has totally frozzed twice.
>> Control, Alt & Del didn't work, so I've had to switch off and restart.
>>
>> I've just done my daily Adware check and there's only a few tracking
>> files on there, which I always delete anyway.
>>
>> Any ideas please? Apart from today, I can't remember this happening
>> for ages. Unless it's the shock of me uploading a few photies:))))
>
> Can you remember what you were running at the time? Progs like PSP can
> take up a lot of resources, especially if you are working with large
> files, though I have never had it freeze my pc.
> May be an idea to do a disk clean up ( mine lives in
> Start:Acessories:System Tools) and then, with as little running as
> possible, do a disk defrag. See if that helps and if it doesn't then I am
> sure that there will be lots of suggestions about looking at what is
> running on your pc in the background. Start with the easy stuff first
> though, like clean up and defrag. Then move onto the other stuff if
> needed.
>
> --
> Ticketty᧧

I wasn't running anything major Boo, but I'm on the way to bed so I'll do a
clean up and defrag tomorrow - and let you know
Splodge


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