My PC is being an asshole

[Methais]

Seems to only be a problem with Youtube (probably other flash movies too), but whenever I load up a movie, it plays for a few seconds, then locks up for like 20-30 seconds before the rest loads up, then it usually plays the rest normally.

Anyone have any idea what might be causing this? It's pretty annoying. I defrag regularly and I always have Panda Antivirus/Antispyware running in the background, so I'm pretty much out of ideas. I deleted my temporary internet files and it's still doing it, so that's not it either.

Any ideas? Also how do you go about cleaning up/fixing registry errors? That's one of the main things that will cause your computer to run like dog shit after a while right?

Everything else on my PC seems to run fine. Probably not as fast as it used to, but yeah. HALP!

[Stanley Burrell]

It's probably because you haven't tricked that shit out with a custom Goatse paintjob. Or Goatse'd your computer altogether:

http://www.broketheinternet.com/archive/project/goatse.jpg

..?!

[Numbers]

http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?assetid=881470&node=2094

It says it's for 95, but it works just fine on XP or Vista.

[onurb]

I have used this program for several years now and I think it works great.

http://www.ccleaner.com/img/screen/screen_301.png

CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware!

CCleaner Home (http://www.ccleaner.com/)

Download CCleaner (http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/download/cce8fe21916a4d3c9d82be054cf5519a/)

* Also, another thing it does is allow you to view and disable or eliminate your startup processes. Without gemstone or AIM, I got the task manager showing only 18 processes now.

[Methais]

I have used this program for several years now and I think it works great.

http://www.ccleaner.com/img/screen/screen_301.png

CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware!

CCleaner Home (http://www.ccleaner.com/)

Download CCleaner (http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/download/cce8fe21916a4d3c9d82be054cf5519a/)

* Also, another thing it does is allow you to view and disable or eliminate your startup processes. Without gemstone or AIM, I got the task manager showing only 18 processes now.

That did the trick. Thanks a bunch.

[Sean of the Thread]

Make sure you've got all your passwords/emails/account names written down before you use CCleaner.


Just a heads up if you want to dodge the hassle.