My computer hangs when i open some applications

Lately whenever i try to open some applications my computer hangs. The main ones are AIM and Internet explorer (this is just a temporary freeze which goes back to normal, then i can use them) and also Dreamweaver and photoshop (these completely lock my comp up, however its not locked all the time, it will unlock about every 20 seconds for 5 seconds). As far as i can tell its not overheating, and i dont have any adware/viruses i can find. Anyone have any ideas?


EDIT Specs
Pentium 4 2.6 ghz
1 gb ram pc3200
ATI Radeon 9600
848-P Neo-V Mobo (pretty sure on model number).

restart ur computer u might just be low on system resources.

[quote303c5b455f="mrwzk"]restart ur computer u might just be low on system resources.[/quote303c5b455f]Nah, its been happening for a couple weeks, just started really pissing me off lately (i want to use dreamweaver and photoshop now)

reinstall windows

[quote8f54e223ec="turpentinedreams"]reinstall windows[/quote8f54e223ec]Thats what i was scared of ( I guess its time to start backing up

[quote0affc410ed="Crynos"][quote0affc410ed="turpentinedreams"]reinstall windows[/quote0affc410ed]Thats what i was scared of ( I guess its time to start backing up[/quote0affc410ed]
Yeah reformating sounds like the best option. Try defragging first, that might help a bit.

Should i just try reinstalling windows? I have 2 harddrives, and most of my stuff is on a different drive than the windows one, so it would be alot easier just to format the smaller one.

what i do for my windows pc is i install all my oses on one disk and store all my data on another, that way i can reinstall the os whenever i want with minimal data loss.

i had a similar problem with aim and ie. Turning off spysweeper fixed it....... not sure if that helps.. it seems that certain protection programs does this....

start
run
cmd
chkdsk

lishrugsli

Re-installing Windows doesn't mean you'll lose everything on your HDD.

I just finished doing it tonight and everything is exactly as I left it.

The computer still takes 4 minutes to shut down though. (

[quote09a146bbfa="CoMpFrEaK"]start
run
cmd
chkdsk

lishrugsli[/quote09a146bbfa]I get a bunch of unreadable segments

So your HD is bad?

[quote2f343316d3="hehehhehe"]So your HD is bad?[/quote2f343316d3]No idea, is that what it means?

just make sure that you are not running many programs at the same time.

[quote8d9f7330a2="cartrenroy"]just make sure that you are not running many programs at the same time.[/quote8d9f7330a2]It shouldnt be a ram issue, i could always run them before, and its not even 50% memory usage when it freezes.

[quoteaa369ed983="Crynos"][quoteaa369ed983="hehehhehe"]So your HD is bad?[/quoteaa369ed983]No idea, is that what it means?[/quoteaa369ed983]
You said you get a bunch of unreadable segments if you do chkdsk. Is your hard drive bad then? Or just a lot of corrupt data.