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Windows 7 sticking problems

craneman01

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Posted January 28, 2013 at 10:14PM

Windows has taken to intermittently sticking. Just freezes & the doughnut swirls around for around 20 seconds then releases itself.. It does it when typing or on the internet or opening programs. Any ideas?

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nickf

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Posted January 28, 2013 at 11:12PM

There are a whole shed load of programs and utilities that may help you here . CCleaner is a good place to start . Malwarebytes would be another . A little more info on your hardware would be helpful . Possible HDD is in need of a defrag too .

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craneman01

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Posted January 28, 2013 at 11:23PM

Thanks Nick. Intel Quad core Q9450 @2.66ghz. 8 gig ram. 64bit op system.

I have Reg Cure running & Diskeeper on constant & regularly check on defrag status, but somethings amiss & I know not what !

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lotvic

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Posted January 28, 2013 at 11:41PM

Get rid of Reg Cure, it's a well known scam program

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lotvic

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Posted January 28, 2013 at 11:44PM

You may find this interesting RegCure-takes-the-money-and-runs

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Jock1e

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Posted January 29, 2013 at 8:10AM

You could try Command prompt and type in ipconfig /flushdns and see if that helps.

I agree with Lotvic remove Reg Cure as that may be your problem.

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