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November 30th, 2001 23:00
Slow going and display problems
Hi everyone-
I have a Dimension 8100 that is fairly new (9/01), and I've been having some problems. One problem is that it seems to be running much slower than it used to. I noticed the change after I had two "STOP" errors right in a row. The weird part was that the STOP error said that a "recently installed driver" (which is nonexistent b/c I haven't installed any new hardware since September) and that it was corrupted. After that, I noticed a major slowdown in terms of processor speed- programs won't open as quickly as they did before, etc. I also noticed that the display is acting very weird- if I open a new window (usually a program), it will pick up a section of the background and it'll be stuck in that window for awhile, then disappear. Also, in Internet explorer, whenever I select a favorite from the list, the name of the favorite (higlighted) will remain in the window's space for awhile, then eventually disappear. I spoke to Dell Tech support and they couldn't figure out what was going on. Can anyone help, at least in terms of speeding up my computer again? Thanks!!
-Kendall-
Dimension 8100 (running w/Windows 2000)
I have a Dimension 8100 that is fairly new (9/01), and I've been having some problems. One problem is that it seems to be running much slower than it used to. I noticed the change after I had two "STOP" errors right in a row. The weird part was that the STOP error said that a "recently installed driver" (which is nonexistent b/c I haven't installed any new hardware since September) and that it was corrupted. After that, I noticed a major slowdown in terms of processor speed- programs won't open as quickly as they did before, etc. I also noticed that the display is acting very weird- if I open a new window (usually a program), it will pick up a section of the background and it'll be stuck in that window for awhile, then disappear. Also, in Internet explorer, whenever I select a favorite from the list, the name of the favorite (higlighted) will remain in the window's space for awhile, then eventually disappear. I spoke to Dell Tech support and they couldn't figure out what was going on. Can anyone help, at least in terms of speeding up my computer again? Thanks!!
-Kendall-
Dimension 8100 (running w/Windows 2000)
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rpcfly
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December 1st, 2001 00:00
Kendall,
you're not alone my freind. After I leave my machine on for just over an hour everything slows down on my computer. Choppy sreen, slow loading programs and the dreaded "not enpugh memory to open program" message. I've talked to Dell over 30 times about this and they have still to fix the problem. I've defragged, reinstalled windows, gone to selective startup and run on the barebones minimum programs.
They have even come to my house and changed out my motherboard and RDRAM......yes you guessed it ........still doing the same thing. One technician said windows XP should fix it but quite frankly they havn't a freakin clue and they won't replace the system....saying they have to go through every technical thing they can (which they definately have).
I hope you fear better than I did with them...It's funny you buy fron Dell not anticpating any technical problems (what a rub). I can tell you this I am definately staying away from this company and WILL NOT recommend any Dell system because of the exremely poor technical service.
Rob
Dell 8100
P4, 1.7Ghz
256 RDRAM
Win ME
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rapture1235
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December 1st, 2001 00:00
seldomseen
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December 1st, 2001 12:00
i am sure i have no viruses as i run the online version of mcaffee. mostly something stops responding ( by using ctrl-alt- del to see which one) have seen everything from taskmon to internet explorer. i also notice after i end task on IE ( when its the one not responding) that i lose some of my icons on the task bar near the clock . lately ive been running my resource meter which shows my resources all above 70 % so i dont think its a memory issue. ive been selectively not running different programs during start up, and any help would be appreciated. the computer is new ( bought end of aug). thanks