PLease Help - Program not responding error CONDSTANTLY

Wonder if any computer minded peoplke can offer me any advice?

I frequently (like 15 - 20 times in onme sitting at the pc) get the program not responding error message and everything freezes, and I have to end task (several times) and go back to my desktop.

I am using IE 6 (I think) as I used to use firefox but it stopped letting me into loads of sites I use like my bank and telewest and ask jeeves!! I have windows xp pro and have downloaded freds vista link from today.

I recently defragged my PC (for the 1st time ever - II didnt even know such a thing existed!"!) and I ran tune up utilities 2007 which found something scary lkike 2034 errors which it fixed!!! But this really annoys me.

It tends to happen more if I try to open a new window eg if I click on a link, but sometimes it just happens because it bl**dy feels like it!!

Anyone any ideas???

Before I lose the plot and hit the machine off the wall

Patience not my strong point

use netscape 7.2 it's far better then IE, but as you say, a lot of sites don'nt like browsers other than IE, so AVOID them !!

Hi Nero, thanks

But my online banking wouldnt work with firefox?? And I kind of need that, where would I get netscape just google "download netscape?" Would it stop my program not responding issue?

Have you done a registry clean up and cleaned out all your old cookies up?

Also try disc clean up.

I ran all the parts of tuneup utilities 2007 it alleegdly cleaned registrys and discs etc and freed up memory, but it is still happening...it is SOOOOOOO annoying

I forgot to ask you last time did you run you adware and Spyware programs and do you have a firewall running such as Zone Alarm?

If you have done those then you will have to go into your bios and find out what is causing the problem.

If you don't know how to do that then download a problem call Registry Smart and it will do it for you.

http://www.registrysmart.com/download2.php

Let me know what it finds.

Colin

Hi Colin will download that now as have no idea what bios is or how to find it!!!

I have run spybot search and destroy
and I have windows defender (I think that is a firewall) and avast (anti virus ???)

Will get back to you

ta

Well Spybot search and destroy is just one above usless, use Xoftspy. Did you run an Adware scan as well?

Ok

Im scared!!!!!

381 errors

39 complete registry
58 Active x OLE and COM
37 Add remove programs
1 Application Packs
3 Drivers
243 File Associations
21 Windows Short cuts

And another window that says

Total problems 381
Total not fixable in trial 381
Total fixable in trial 0





Yeas have Spy doctor I think its callled that does adware and spyware????

I have sent you a PM.