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[Derek]

Do you think my vidieo card is burned out also i have my graphics card i think http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/intel945g/ it has 224 memory but my gateway only had 4 so this is graphics card good and how much is it worth. A new story i opened gunbound it never camed up so i alt ctr tabbed spy sweeper came up and frozed its suppose to ask me if i want to run it or not then gamegaurd thingy came up then it just froze there PLZ someone tell me whats wrong!!!! i am paying a huge amount of points if i can get this fixed..

[jsobeck]

When it freezes, do you have any control over the system? Such as, can you move the mouse/does ctrl alt delete do anything? Or is the freeze only fixed by a hard reboot? Also, do you notice any certain circumstances when this happens (such as lots of programs, no programs, resource-hogging programs open), or does this just happen at random times with different amounts of programs open?

[Spartan Erik]

Seeing as how your graphics are integrated, the video card uses your computer's RAM. How much RAM do you have? Take that amount and subtract the amount of RAM the video card uses; that will give you the amount of RAM remaining for your computer. Video card RAM usage is not variable, it is static. The only way to control how much RAM your video card uses from your PC is going into the BIOS and changing the default amount.

From what it sounds like, the graphics card is hogging all the RAM and the remaining RAM for the computer itself is not enough to run all those programs. Have you tried disabling SpySweeper while playing? IMO, Webroot is terrible when it comes to memory hogging.. just use Windows Defender.. simple and effective with live scanning.

[Derek]

I have 1GB ram but it says 0 cpu when i dont anything i only have control over ctr alt delte then it kinda un freezes..

[jsobeck]

Ok well if you have ctrl alt delete ability you can be sure this isn't a heat-related issue, or for that matter a graphics card issue. If it was, you wouldn't have control over anything and would be forced to do a hard reboot. My suggestion is along the lines of memory, CPU, spyware, virus, etc. And make sure you don't have Norton, that can cause it alot of times. I would recommend AVG.

[Zenax]

why shouldnt people use nortons? I am running Nortons Security Suite 2007, and my comp is fine!

[Spartan Erik]

why shouldnt people use nortons? I am running Nortons Security Suite 2007, and my comp is fine!

If you read the interview with the Norton software makers, you would know that every subsequent version of Norton is the exact same as it's predecessor, but with more and more 'junk' added to the UI. The only actual new version of Norton is Norton 360. Norton 360 was built from SCRATCH. (Too bad Vista wasn't built from scratch, eh?)

So essentially, prior to Norton 360 many Norton products work but use up way too much memory. That's why people use AVG. However, once Norton 360 comes out, the market share will probably shift since Norton also has built in antispyware too I believe.

[Derek]

Should i delete NORTON 2007 or wait till it expires and install AVG or AVAST

[Spartan Erik]

Should i delete NORTON 2007 or wait till it expires and install AVG or AVAST

Might as well wait until it expires, seeing as how you purchased it already. I don't even see how people get viruses/spyware.. you'd have to be a really noobish internet user to get them..

[Derek]

I just bought 4 cans of falcon compressed air ain a bottle to clear the dust but wtf if i tip it it turns all cold LOL