Computers are great tools which can make our lives much easier, however they can also add their own complications to our lives. There are a number of system errors which can affect our computers and make them less reliable.
Your computer may slow down, start locking up, restarting, crashing, or going to the blue screen of death. Sometimes your mouse will even move all by itself without you having to do anything! Windows has a nice habit of telling you that it has experienced a system error and that it would like to talk to Microsoft about the error. If you've been using a computer for longer than 10 minutes then you have almost certainly experienced at least one of those. The trouble is that it can be very difficult to troubleshoot and identify exactly what the problem is.
The easiest place to start is by considering what you just did, did you just install any new hardware or software? Have your system files changed resulting in the system error? If you did put any new software or hardware into your computer then take it out, or uninstall it. If you updated drivers then consider rolling them back.
If your computer will not load windows as a result of the errors then you can boot it into safe mode, to do this while windows is loading press the F5 key, and then select safe mode. This allows you into a basic form of windows which can be used to uninstall files and change drivers. You might also want to consider restoring your system to a previous system restore point so that you can get back to normal.
If you didn't install anything new on your computer then the next potential culprit is the registry. The windows registry is a huge database which contains all of the information about how to do anything on your computer. This tells windows how different programs should behave. The registry can quickly become corrupted, missing or records could even get deleted. This can cause major problems if you don't find out exactly what to do.
You should never try and fix the registry manually unless you are sure you know what you are doing. The registry is very complicated, and one wrong move could make your problem a whole lot worse. A much better solution is to download one of the many registry scanning packages available. One of the best is Regcure, and can be downloaded by clicking this link.
These utilities are a very quick way of fixing your computer, in under 15 minutes you will be able to know the errors and fix them. When you have fixed the errors then your system should be in much better shape.
Spyware and viruses can also be another reason why your computer slows down, these can also cause your computer to slow down. You need some form of virus scanner on your computer, it's essential! You can download a great one called Micro Antivirus from here. Make sure this is updated on a regular basis so that you can find all of the latest threats.
System restore
It's really annoying when your computer works perfectly one day and then the next nothing seems to work. Your computer starts freezing, even on the simplest of tasks, the Internet doesn't work, and it's just not reliable anymore.
As we've noticed before there could be a number of different reasons for these problems. The last resort would be to format your computer and start over, however this is very time consuming and you shouldn't do it very often. Before formatting you need to spend time backing up all of your data so that none of it is lost. You will also need to make sure that you have the copies of the drivers required to set your computer up again, it can e very stressful to find out that you don't have the right drivers available. If you brought a branded computer then you should have system recovery disks which can be used to load windows, and all of the required drivers. This makes it much easier.
Instead of using reinstalling windows, why not try a system restore instead? Since Windows XP Microsoft have included a handy system restore function, this enables you to roll back your computer to a time when you know it worked. This creates its own restore points at specific times, and you can also create your own by setting them up manually.
To open system restore go to Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools and select system Restore?
You will notice that there is an option to create a system restore point? and another one for restore my computer to an earlier time? Clicking on either one of these should be self explanatory, you can follow the information on the screen, and then you don't need to format your PC! How wonderful is that?
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