My HP Pavilion a1224n running Windows XP Service Pack 3 exhibits the following problems.
1. the computer sometimes reboots on its own and gives an error message that the system has recovered from a serious error. It does this sometimes more than once a day, other times it skips a day, but it definitely happens about daily on average, at random times in the day. When it reboots it takes a LONG time to reload, maybe about 10 minutes… but it seems like forever.
2. Sometimes while in hibernation, the computer will fail to communicate properly with the monitor… so that when you move the mouse to come out of hibernation, you can hear sound through your speakers when you click, but the monitor still says that it has no signal. To get out of it, you have to cut power to the whole system and restart, and then it works fine again.
3. Sometimes the mouse arrow will "stick" in one position for about 2-3 seconds, and then it will be good for about 10-15 seconds, and then it will stick again in a different place on the screen, etc… it can be resolved by a system reboot as well.
I have received malware help in the malware/virus forums, but nothing significant was found, and it was recommended I pursue a Windows examination… Any advice where to go from here?
Thanks!
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I also sometimes get a message that my ialmnrt5 driver has failed or something like that, and the colors get all messed up on the screen, and everything looks bigger and you can only see what normally would be like the bottom left quadrant of the desktop… it clears with rebooting.
It is 4 am here, I am off back to bed for a spell, but there is a huge amount to do to get your system running better for you. You can see this by just clicking from one heading to another at the very top of your report you sent me.
I tried to defrag and I let it run about 8 hours… it didn't seem like it was doing anything for about 6 of the 8 hours… and under Windows task manager I saw that 100% of the system resources were being taken up, and that windows defragmenter was not responding. I rebooted at that time, and I am wondering if I should try again?
I tried to defrag and I let it run about 8 hours… it didn't seem like it was doing anything for about 6 of the 8 hours… and under Windows task manager I saw that 100% of the system resources were being taken up, and that windows defragmenter was not responding. I rebooted at that time, and I am wondering if I should try again?
Its fast and easy to use. Just download it, install and run it.
When you start it up, all you have to do is select the drive you want
to defrag, and click "next". Ignore any messages about junk-files at
the moment from the program.
As for the Driver Max site, I can't help as I don't know the site. For that you'll have to wait on Tallin.
It is most important for you to use ATF-Cleaner.exe, as you can see by your Pit Test you have 69MB of temporary internet files and other junk on your Hard Drive. Please report that you have used it.
The Defragger that Abydos gave you is very good, please attempt to use it, but the lack of free space on both your drives maybe the problem as to why you cannot defrag correctly. If that is the case, you need to free up your C:\Drive by getting rid of unwanted software and other data on the drive.
I have used the Driver Utility on many computers I look after, it is safe and free, and frankly I would not have recommended it if it were not….However if you are not having driver problems it is not your first priority to update the drivers at all, only do this if you are having problems with them.
Go to Device Manager, if there are any yellow or red warnings there, then you need to update the drivers
RightClick on My Computer if it is on your desktop
Properties
Hardware
Device Manager
Check for any red or orange crosses or alerts there
Reduce your System Restore and other items under the FIXES tab from your Pit test report. It is only a matter of clicking on each of the items with the big red cross beside them and following what to do. If you hover your mouse over each it will tell you what it is, then click on it and you will get instructions again what to do.
So to clarify, go to each tab at the top of your Pit Test and follow instructions to fix anything with a red cross against it. Your Drivers being the last of them unless you find problems with them as I have described above in this post.
Post back when you have completed the above………thanks.
YAY! My defragment is completed using the Auslogics Disk Defrag….. but… I still had the computer reboot this morning and say it recovered from a serious error. When I click on the error report technical ino, I get that these two files are included in the error report…
