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    1. 02-24-2010 02:49 AM #1
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      Why does my computer freeze after leaving it alone???

      As interesting as my title was...

      I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop, 4gigs of RAM, 500GB HD and an Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 processor. Now my problem is that, whenever I leave my computer for a certain amount of time it freezes when I try to come back on it. For example, let's say I leave right now. Then my computer shuts off it's screen, but it's still on. Then when I come back, let's saaay about 20-30+ minutes later...it will freeze for about 2-3+ minutes. I can't do anything other than move my mouse.

      Why does this happen?
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    2. 02-24-2010 04:34 PM #2
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      If you can move your cursor, the computer is not frozen.

      What operating system is your computer running?
      What is on your screen when you come back? Is it completely black? How do you "unfreeze" it? What appears on your screen when the "freeze" is over?

      I have a similar computer, Satellite Pro, 2 gigabyte RAM, 250GB HD and same CPU. I've never had the problem, and it sounds software related, as in a virus.

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    3. 02-24-2010 06:54 PM #3
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      Quote Originally Posted by Marvo View Post
      If you can move your cursor, the computer is not frozen.

      Oh, ok only semi-frozen

      What operating system is your computer running?

      Windows 7

      What is on your screen when you come back?

      It's completely black, but that's the setting I set it too. After a few minutes the screen turns off to save battery power. That's normal.

      Is it completely black?

      Yes

      How do you "unfreeze" it?

      I just need to move the mouse or push a button and then wait a couple minutes for it to unfreeze.

      What appears on your screen when the "freeze" is over?

      My desktop, working normally.

      I have a similar computer, Satellite Pro, 2 gigabyte RAM, 250GB HD and same CPU. I've never had the problem, and it sounds software related, as in a virus.


      All of your answers are above ^^^
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    4. 02-24-2010 07:19 PM #4
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      Did this problem occur ever since you got the computer, or did it recently start happening? From what I can hear this is a screen driver related issue.

      Do you know what kind of graphics card is in your computer? Is it ATI, nvidia or Intel integrated graphics?

      My theory is that your computer is not frozen at all, it is just having a display error. Or you have some kind of virus.
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    5. 02-24-2010 09:50 PM #5
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      Quote Originally Posted by Marvo View Post
      Did this problem occur ever since you got the computer, or did it recently start happening?

      To be honest, I am not sure. I'm guessing it started recently, otherwise I probably would have asked this earlier on.

      From what I can hear this is a screen driver related issue.

      Do you know what kind of graphics card is in your computer? Is it ATI, nvidia or Intel integrated graphics?

      I actually don't know what type of graphics card it is. Do you know some way I can find out?

      My theory is that your computer is not frozen at all, it is just having a display error. Or you have some kind of virus.

      I am running AVG Anti-Virus 9.0 now, so far it says there's 2 trojan's in my recycle bin. Maybe, I should empty it?
      Update ^^
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    6. 02-24-2010 11:13 PM #6
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      Emptying it is an okay idea, but I think the paperbin is a secure shell, so to speak. If there's a virus in there, it can't "break out".

      If you can tell me what the computer is called, I can figure out what graphics card it is using. It'll probably be something along the lines of Satellite A 19-F1 or something. If you look at your receipt for it, or perhaps on the underside of the computer, you might be able to find it. If you ordered it over the internet, you should be able to find a receipt of sorts in your email inbox.

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    7. 02-25-2010 12:49 AM #7
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      My computer is a Toshiba Satellite A505-S6980



      I feel embarressed click below to see everything AVG has found.

      Spoiler for My Viruses/Cookies Stuff AVG Found =P:



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    8. 02-25-2010 01:13 AM #8
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      That's not surprising at all. If using Internet Explorer, infection time for Windows is less than 10 seconds. Firefox is better, Safari is better than Firefox, but Chrome is the best. I recommend upgrading to Chrome
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      You did not mention Opera, that is also a safe and swift browser one can update to.
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      I think it's funny that you went out of your way to crack AVG Proffesional and got a virus in the process. It's kind of ironic you know.

      Code:
      "C:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-21-2210319725-2571179847-1071568492-1000\$REUQFR6.rar:\AVG Anti-Virus Professional 9.0 Build 663a1706\Keygen\AVG9_Keygen.exe";"Trojan horse Generic15.ADOF"

      Looks like your computer is using integrated graphics, so I doubt the error has anything to do with your graphics driver really. You can also see your mouse anyway.

      Have you tried pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL when you get that black screen? In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, CTRL+ALT+DEL overrules everything pretty much, so you should be able to bring out that screen. Then try bringing up the task manager and closing down explorer.exe.

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