Damn computers!!

[gazzawazza]

Can anyone please help with quickfixes for these problems?1) Every time I click on IE, after a minute I get a message, 'IE has discovered a problem and needs to close.' If I click on the link to find how to stop this happening then the whole computer freezes and I have to turn it off at the plug.2) I'm always getting the 'This programme is not responding' message and the only way out is to turn it off again.3) Sometimes it takes ages to log on (even though we're on broadband), and 4) The D drive will hardly ever recognise any discs and it's starting to make a funny (very quiet) crackling noise. Please help with answers in plain english!

[Jenny Tools]

Sounds like its fvcked ;-} . . .Sorry!

[j2buttonsw]

How is your antivirus? Installed and up-to-date? The CD-ROM sounds as if it is on its way our so I would get a replacement (DVD/CD-RW combo drives are pretty cheap - �50- now). You can reinstall/repair IE (see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378 ) or re-service pack it (see http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/crit
ical/ie6sp1/default.asp ). You can reinstall other apps that come up with "not responding" errors. Perhaps the easiest way to fix it would be to re-install the whole lot. Most PCs cpome with restore CDs but remember to backup your valuable data.

[darth vader]

concur with j2b. Browsers poll ALLdevices so if the CDROM is reaching for it's old age pension, then the browser will "hang" while trying to poll it, hence all the hangups and delays. don't buy second hand (see other question further down about CDROMs) buy new

[worker]

I don't know if I can help, but I'll try. The fact that your D drive doesn't recognise any discs could be that your machine doesn't know it's drive D. Suggest you go to your Control Box and d/click System, then Device Manager. Click the + sign next to CDRom and then highlight the first one and click Properties (at the bottom). Click Settings and make sure the drive letter in 'Start drive letter' and 'End drive letter' are correct. Do this for each of your drives. Whilst there you can decide whether to make them 'auto-start' as well. Any changes and you'll have to reboot. As far as your IE is concerned there may be a conflict. Click Programs - Accessories - System Tools, then click System Information, and select the 'Tools' tab and select 'System File Checker' and select the latest version of any files. Failing that, I'd delete IE and go to Windows Update and download a fresh copy.