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Unable to use "Search" function...
I was given a suggestion to repost my problem over here in the software section, since I didn't get any responses.
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My computer seems to have a rather harsh problem right now. It cannot perform a normal search, but if I babysit it so the screen saver doesn't come up I can do an Antivirus scan.. This began about... 4 days ago..
To recreate the problem I just make a random text file, such as "Hello123.txt" then I try the search function for "Hello123" and it searches.. until I press the stop button, but the computer seems to ignore that, all the while the CPU says its running at about 4-12%, and I can go online just fine..
All mid to large memory using games etc. crash upon opening. And I get a very vague Error 132 message.. "Something crashed your game" basically.
So far I've tried this:
Defragmented HD...
Swapped RAM cards, (I tested both going solo.. either they are both broken somehow on the same day or something is getting in the way..)
Tried to boot from a RAM test program.. but I forgot how to boot from a CD.. O.o; oops.--still need to try this I do.
Checked and downloaded windows updates.
Updated to the latest Dell Support center.
I was thinking about updating all my drivers.. but I don't know where to search to find the information, or where to go once I do know what kind of drivers I have.
Finally I have run a full Norton Antivirus scan of my computer.. nothing there.
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My computer seems to have a rather harsh problem right now. It cannot perform a normal search, but if I babysit it so the screen saver doesn't come up I can do an Antivirus scan.. This began about... 4 days ago..
To recreate the problem I just make a random text file, such as "Hello123.txt" then I try the search function for "Hello123" and it searches.. until I press the stop button, but the computer seems to ignore that, all the while the CPU says its running at about 4-12%, and I can go online just fine..
All mid to large memory using games etc. crash upon opening. And I get a very vague Error 132 message.. "Something crashed your game" basically.
So far I've tried this:
Defragmented HD...
Swapped RAM cards, (I tested both going solo.. either they are both broken somehow on the same day or something is getting in the way..)
Tried to boot from a RAM test program.. but I forgot how to boot from a CD.. O.o; oops.--still need to try this I do.
Checked and downloaded windows updates.
Updated to the latest Dell Support center.
I was thinking about updating all my drivers.. but I don't know where to search to find the information, or where to go once I do know what kind of drivers I have.
Finally I have run a full Norton Antivirus scan of my computer.. nothing there.
- I should have clarified what I meant by "Searches until I hit the stop button" by that I mean.. I can leave it for 12 hours... and It won't go any further than its first 1 minute of searching... the entire drive should take less than 1 hour.. then I hit the Stop button and it takes about 5-10 minutes to respond.
Nothing else seems to be affected... just games and Searching. - Oh.. joy.. -.-;; my computer just lost a basic XP file..
How do I boot from a disc for Windows XP? I can't seem to figure this out.. I have the disc.. Now I just need help to boot.
Gah.. this makes me look at that lettering more and more as an emoticon (XP). - Meh.. turns out I had to scrap everything and reinstall the OS and all the programs I had... Now the only thing I'm missing is the video driver.. It was some obscurely listed driver I don't think Dell has it because the old files I'm using that ran perfectly before are all glitched with the prescribed set... I forgot where I found it.. oh well time to do more searching.
Thank You for the help! *bow*
mombodog
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Posted January 24th, 2007 04:00