Troubleshoot My computer is semi-froze

tallorder

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I am able to use Chrome, and talk here, but can't get CCleaner to unfreeze, or close or uninstalled or... Neither uninstall or shred file will work.
Steps taken to resolve, but have been unsuccessful
Last night, feeling brave and more intelligent than I am, I added some programs. Then, I removed those I was able to once it froze. Please advise! Thanks, tallorder
Last night, I downloaded and put on some programs, feeling wiser and more confident than I have in things that might keep my computer safe and run better... Today, I can't use it, (barely) after having gone to an email in Outlook.
 
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Have McAfee Antivirus Plus installed
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If there is one thing I would do, it would be to uninstall McAfee, then use their uninstall utility to really get it off, and go with a lighter AM such as Panda, which is free and very light on resources.

I didn't see any hardware configuration on that page?
 
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donetao said:
Hi! This is MHO! If you have a way to restore back to factory; that's what I would recommend. You have way to many things going on here. I would save all data and restore to factory settings. Xp is no longer supported which will make you vulnerable on the Web. I wish I could help you clean up your PC, but it's not possible over the internet. You might think about a Linux OS to replace XP. as It will not be a good idea to go on the internet with XP3.
Sorry that's my best advise. Maybe other MT members will have better advise for you!
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Thanks. With the small processor, is Linux OS really worth it, at this point? What cost is involved, vs. replacing computer?
 
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Paul B. said:
Wow:
Have McAfee Antivirus Plus installed
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If there is one thing I would do, it would be to uninstall McAfee, then use their uninstall utility to really get it off, and go with a lighter AM such as Panda, which is free and very light on resources.

I didn't see any hardware configuration on that page?
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I don't know where to look for my hardware configuration. Can you tell me? Also, just won a key to emsisoft Internet Security 9, which I was planning on putting on here tomorrow.
 
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Hi We work as a team on MT. You are getting great advise from other members. It is my opinion that a reset to factory after saving your data is some thing you need to consider. Linux are free OS's that you can down load. There are many versions and I'm sure someone here can help you with that. I'm going to bow out for now and watch this thread. You will get the best advise here on MT.
Good luck!
 
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Regarding music, linux also has a pretty amazing free mixing studio prog, free: LMMS I think is the name. I had a netbook running XP that I converted to ubuntu, and the difference was amazing. It was an old install of XP, though, so the comparison wasn't really fair.
 
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donetao said:
Hi We work as a team on MT. You are getting great advise from other members. It is my opinion that a reset to factory after saving your data is some thing you need to consider. Linux are free OS's that you can down load. There are many versions and I'm sure someone here can help you with that. I'm going to bow out for now and watch this thread. You will get the best advise here on MT.
Good luck!
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Appreciate it, donetao! Will try to allocate time tomorrow for the backup first, then to proceed. Appreciated much!!
 
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Paul B. said:
MG has aomei. That's where I first found it. Macrium is good too, but their free version doesn't do incrementals, or even allow you to verify an image.
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Macrium free doesn't do incremental but it does allow you to verify the image.
Hey guys! I think we may be over loading the OP with knowledge. Maybe we need to slow down a little.;):):(
 
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Paul B. said:
Regarding music, linux also has a pretty amazing free mixing studio prog, free: LMMS I think is the name. I had a netbook running XP that I converted to ubuntu, and the difference was amazing. It was an old install of XP, though, so the comparison wasn't really fair.
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This computer is probably an old install...? It was built in '06 or '07, and I traded it for a mandolin and $40.00 in 2011. I didn't even realize they made processors this tiny... Anyway, it feels like getting time to replace, after Jeep repair, ....etc, etc...
 
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