How come my computer freezes everytime I use a website that requires a login?
by kraigs on November 28, 2009Q: I am running Windows Vista and my computer freezes up randomly. It happens nearly every time that I login to a website: i.e. yahoo, gmail, askageek, or any other site that requires a login. Is there a reason for this and how do I fix it?
This could be caused by any number of things, I’ll need some more detail to make a suggestion.
Could you please tell me the following:
- Make/Model of the computer and some system specs like Processor and RAM.
- What browser and version are you using?
- What kind of Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware software are you running?
- How long have you had the problem, and did you make any changes to the computer/install new software around the time the problem started?
Mark (Major Geek) says: on November 29, 2009 at 11:58 am
The computer is an HP Pavilion Entertainment PC laptop with an Intel CPU and 512MB RAM.
I am using Explorer 7.
Currently I am using the Microsoft Security Essentials, but recently switched from Trend Micro Security.
I have had the problem for 2-3 months. It was about the time we installed the Trend Mirco Security that the problems began, but we also had a virus that was removed at abou the same time too.
kraigs (Newbie) says: on November 29, 2009 at 8:33 pm
I’d suggest trying Firefox and see if that helps at all. Also, 512Megs of RAM is really low to be running Vista. I’d strongly suggest you consider upgrading to 2Gigs.
Mark (Major Geek) says: on November 29, 2009 at 10:36 pm