RE: Computer (Not Responding)

I experience the same problem on my Gateway 320 GM. Similar H/W & S/W
features and has been very annoying. Sometimes even the freakin' Task
Manager hangs sometimes while trying to end the one process that started the
whole mess!

I've tried, like you, several clean up tools like WinTools.net, Spybot,
Stinger, etc to find out what causes it but to no avail. I'll be sure to
keep an eye on the advice we get.

--
brentromero


"JeremyJ" wrote:

> Perhaps somebody can help me here. PLEASE!! Over the last couple of months my
> computer keeps hanging up and the prompt on the top of the screen says (Not
> Responding). I have searched the threads in here but they all seem to be
> narrowed down to one particular program or time when theirs doesn't repsond.
> Mine does it on all programs, AOL, My Documents, etc. I have done a scandisk
> and a defrag. I have 4 different spyware programs and McAfee and they never
> show anything major. I have a Sony VGC-RA710G with MCE 2005 and 1GB of RAM
> with a 250 GB hard drive. The hard drive is barely half full, if that. I have
> tried to use Registry Mechanic, but I have learned the hard way that this
> program does not get along well with MCE. So I am not sure if my registry
> could be the problem. It seems as though the computer gets backed up easily
> and never catches up. For example, whenever I close out of or minimize AOL,
> my entire desktop completely refreshes like I just turned the computer on.
> Even if I close out of a website on AOL, the AOL toolbar needs to refesh
> itself. The RAM used rarely goes above 600. Is this a common problem? I
> upgraded with Kingston RAM boards and I know they aren't the best. If I wait
> a LONG time, the (Not Responding) prompt goes away and the computer catches
> up, but lots of times it takes so long I need to do a Ctrl-Alt-Del to quit
> the program. However, the desktop always refreshes itself like there is not
> enough RAM and it cannot keep the desktop in memory while I am doing other
> things. I have a feeling this is not the problem though, that would be too
> easy, lol. Has anyone experienced this, and if so, how was it resolved? Any
> help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
.

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