Recent content by PurpleXVI

I learned something useful about Windows 7 over the last few months. The Zone Alarm firewall can apparently cause inexplicable, unlogged lock-ups and the AVG anti-virus thinger can completely total your goddamn network drivers, preventing internet connection. I figured I'd post this in case...

The moment it starts going down I can start no new processes and generally cannot do anything with what is already running except maybe flip between a few windows. Task manager is definitely out.

What a surprise, I actually, yes, did what I said I did. It's entirely possible the issue is with the card that permits wifi connection to the router, except that there's also a monumental ****up when I connect via cable to the router, which bypasses that little thinger. Sure, could be...

But it turns out they can. A while back I posted about an issue in which my entire PC grinds to a halt, as if though all of my CPU power is suddenly drained and all I can do is a hard reboot. So, I tried updating drivers. I tried disabling programs. I tried scanning for viruses. I tried...

Okay, it's still happening. This time it was caused by something that's happened more than once before: It happened when I opened Internet Explorer. I use Opera for most things, but some programs(mIRC in particular...) stubbornly insist on opening all links in IE despite Opera being set as...

Alright, so, I just pried out the extra HD after yet another crash and toyed around with my PC for a bit to see if it was going to go crazy on me. The first reboot immediately after removing it got me a crash, but a different kind. Basically it was like my PC got immensely busy while starting...

Clean install. And it's less than two weeks old, so I doubt a defrag is necessary. HOWEVER, one thing did come to mind. This PC came with one HD, and I installed two from my old PC I upgraded from. One of them has been constantly on the fritz since then, occasionally visible under "My...

Basically, this issue seems to pop up at any time, with no warning, the only common thread being that some sort of audio is on. Sometimes it goes for hours without it, even a day, other times it crashes with barely five minutes' break between crashes. If the audio distort is in a program, for...