PC freezing for short periods when browsing - Long - sorry.

I'm not sure if this is the correct newsgroup, but here we go.

My system tends to seize/freeze for short periods whilst browsing the net
(doesn't happen off the net at all, even when displaying avi files). Certain
sites cause the seizing more than others, like;
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/motorhome-list or any page which has
moving pictures. Its not guaranteed to seize, but it's a common occurrence
with moving picture sites, again more likely the longer I've been on the
net.

My first reaction was that the seizing was caused by the graphics card (was
only a basic video card, either 4 or 8 MB) so up-rated to a 64MB NVIDIA card
without any change to the seizing

I have run various programs to check for virus's and Trojans without finding
anything.

I have tried different browsers, again without any difference.

Another thought was the modem, but after downloading the 'sites' it can
seize, so not sure it likely to be the modem.

I can continue to browse the web whilst carrying out several file downloads
without problems (as long as I don't visit problem sites like Yahoo)


May I thank anyone who has taken the time to read this and possibly help.

Steve
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My system;

20 G hard drive (portioned as shown below)
Windows-managed swap file on drive H (1321MB free)
Available space on drive C: 700MB of 4149MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive D: 732MB of 4109MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive E: 275MB of 4094MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive F: 0MB of 4117MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive G: 800MB of 2914MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive H: 1321MB of 2137MB (FAT32)

(since the above, I have fitted a 40 G hard drive without any change)

Authentic AMD AthlonT Processor Intel MMXT Technology. Speed=637 MHz

640MB RAM 59% system resources free

NVIDIA GeForce MX 440 with AGP8X graphics card 64MB

ESS ES56T-PI Data Fax Voice Modem

Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.1998
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 Firebird/0.7
(my preferred browser)
Outlook Express 5.50
Internet Explorer 5.50

Norton AntiVirus Version 8.07 (with latest updates)
Norton Internet Security 2002 (Firewall - with latest updates)

Ad-aware 6.0
CWShreader
Trojan Eliminator
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HiJackThis

It is possible that some may be using Flash player type graphics, if you do
not have an up to date player that could cause issues. The flash player is
another free download, Iam thinking since you do ok with the .avi files your
media player(s) should be sound, a lot of sites use flash these days, worth a
try.
I did check the site, the only moving pic types were flash player 7, here
is the link to the free player, give it a try and let us know if it helped.
http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/
"Air Rider" wrote:

I'm not sure if this is the correct newsgroup, but here we go.

My system tends to seize/freeze for short periods whilst browsing the net
(doesn't happen off the net at all, even when displaying avi files). Certain
sites cause the seizing more than others, like;
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/motorhome-list or any page which has
moving pictures. Its not guaranteed to seize, but it's a common occurrence
with moving picture sites, again more likely the longer I've been on the
net.

My first reaction was that the seizing was caused by the graphics card (was
only a basic video card, either 4 or 8 MB) so up-rated to a 64MB NVIDIA card
without any change to the seizing

I have run various programs to check for virus's and Trojans without finding
anything.

I have tried different browsers, again without any difference.

Another thought was the modem, but after downloading the 'sites' it can
seize, so not sure it likely to be the modem.

I can continue to browse the web whilst carrying out several file downloads
without problems (as long as I don't visit problem sites like Yahoo)


May I thank anyone who has taken the time to read this and possibly help.

Steve
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------
My system;

20 G hard drive (portioned as shown below)
Windows-managed swap file on drive H (1321MB free)
Available space on drive C: 700MB of 4149MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive D: 732MB of 4109MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive E: 275MB of 4094MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive F: 0MB of 4117MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive G: 800MB of 2914MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive H: 1321MB of 2137MB (FAT32)

(since the above, I have fitted a 40 G hard drive without any change)

Authentic AMD AthlonT Processor Intel MMXT Technology. Speed=637 MHz

640MB RAM 59% system resources free

NVIDIA GeForce MX 440 with AGP8X graphics card 64MB

ESS ES56T-PI Data Fax Voice Modem

Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.1998
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 Firebird/0.7
(my preferred browser)
Outlook Express 5.50
Internet Explorer 5.50

Norton AntiVirus Version 8.07 (with latest updates)
Norton Internet Security 2002 (Firewall - with latest updates)

Ad-aware 6.0
CWShreader
Trojan Eliminator
Spybot Search & Destroy
HiJackThis

Hi,

I've downloaded the flash player and found its improved the situation no
end, however it still does it a bit.

If there's anything else you can think of I would be grateful.

Many thanks for your help

Steve


"Tired of crud customer support"
. com wrote in message
...
It is possible that some may be using Flash player type graphics, if you
do
not have an up to date player that could cause issues. The flash player is
another free download, Iam thinking since you do ok with the .avi files
your
media player(s) should be sound, a lot of sites use flash these days,
worth a
try.
I did check the site, the only moving pic types were flash player 7, here
is the link to the free player, give it a try and let us know if it
helped.
http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/
"Air Rider" wrote:

I'm not sure if this is the correct newsgroup, but here we go.

My system tends to seize/freeze for short periods whilst browsing the
net
(doesn't happen off the net at all, even when displaying avi files).
Certain
sites cause the seizing more than others, like;
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/motorhome-list or any page which has
moving pictures. Its not guaranteed to seize, but it's a common
occurrence
with moving picture sites, again more likely the longer I've been on the
net.

My first reaction was that the seizing was caused by the graphics card
(was
only a basic video card, either 4 or 8 MB) so up-rated to a 64MB NVIDIA
card
without any change to the seizing

I have run various programs to check for virus's and Trojans without
finding
anything.

I have tried different browsers, again without any difference.

Another thought was the modem, but after downloading the 'sites' it can
seize, so not sure it likely to be the modem.

I can continue to browse the web whilst carrying out several file
downloads
without problems (as long as I don't visit problem sites like Yahoo)


May I thank anyone who has taken the time to read this and possibly
help.

Steve

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
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------
My system;

20 G hard drive (portioned as shown below)
Windows-managed swap file on drive H (1321MB free)
Available space on drive C: 700MB of 4149MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive D: 732MB of 4109MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive E: 275MB of 4094MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive F: 0MB of 4117MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive G: 800MB of 2914MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive H: 1321MB of 2137MB (FAT32)

(since the above, I have fitted a 40 G hard drive without any change)

Authentic AMD AthlonT Processor Intel MMXT Technology. Speed=637 MHz

640MB RAM 59% system resources free

NVIDIA GeForce MX 440 with AGP8X graphics card 64MB

ESS ES56T-PI Data Fax Voice Modem

Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.1998
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007
Firebird/0.7
(my preferred browser)
Outlook Express 5.50
Internet Explorer 5.50

Norton AntiVirus Version 8.07 (with latest updates)
Norton Internet Security 2002 (Firewall - with latest updates)

Ad-aware 6.0
CWShreader
Trojan Eliminator
Spybot Search & Destroy
HiJackThis

Updated Flash
Updated graphics card drivers

The browsing on Yahoo groups is better, but everything else has now
deteriorated.

Have also tried altering the hardware acceleration on various settings which
make it worse when on 'none'


"Tired of crud customer support"
. com wrote in message
...
It is possible that some may be using Flash player type graphics, if you
do
not have an up to date player that could cause issues. The flash player is
another free download, Iam thinking since you do ok with the .avi files
your
media player(s) should be sound, a lot of sites use flash these days,
worth a
try.
I did check the site, the only moving pic types were flash player 7, here
is the link to the free player, give it a try and let us know if it
helped.
http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/
"Air Rider" wrote:

I'm not sure if this is the correct newsgroup, but here we go.

My system tends to seize/freeze for short periods whilst browsing the
net
(doesn't happen off the net at all, even when displaying avi files).
Certain
sites cause the seizing more than others, like;
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/motorhome-list or any page which has
moving pictures. Its not guaranteed to seize, but it's a common
occurrence
with moving picture sites, again more likely the longer I've been on the
net.

My first reaction was that the seizing was caused by the graphics card
(was
only a basic video card, either 4 or 8 MB) so up-rated to a 64MB NVIDIA
card
without any change to the seizing

I have run various programs to check for virus's and Trojans without
finding
anything.

I have tried different browsers, again without any difference.

Another thought was the modem, but after downloading the 'sites' it can
seize, so not sure it likely to be the modem.

I can continue to browse the web whilst carrying out several file
downloads
without problems (as long as I don't visit problem sites like Yahoo)


May I thank anyone who has taken the time to read this and possibly
help.

Steve

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
------
My system;

20 G hard drive (portioned as shown below)
Windows-managed swap file on drive H (1321MB free)
Available space on drive C: 700MB of 4149MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive D: 732MB of 4109MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive E: 275MB of 4094MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive F: 0MB of 4117MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive G: 800MB of 2914MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive H: 1321MB of 2137MB (FAT32)

(since the above, I have fitted a 40 G hard drive without any change)

Authentic AMD AthlonT Processor Intel MMXT Technology. Speed=637 MHz

640MB RAM 59% system resources free

NVIDIA GeForce MX 440 with AGP8X graphics card 64MB

ESS ES56T-PI Data Fax Voice Modem

Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.1998
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007
Firebird/0.7
(my preferred browser)
Outlook Express 5.50
Internet Explorer 5.50

Norton AntiVirus Version 8.07 (with latest updates)
Norton Internet Security 2002 (Firewall - with latest updates)

Ad-aware 6.0
CWShreader
Trojan Eliminator
Spybot Search & Destroy
HiJackThis