I have the following problems with my computer:

Klefmung · Post by **Klefmung** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:01 am

when I move the win taskbar up, the screen gets darker, and when I move it down, it gets brighter. When I click the desktop, nothing happens, period, it isn't even registering it... when I try to restart my computer, it retries over and over and over and will succeed around 1/50 times, the brightness and colors change unexpectedly all the time, and this computer seriously needs help. <_< WTF

Chwoka · Post by **Chwoka** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:08 am

Might be partly a monitor problem. What computer do you have, how old is it, and what system is it operating on?

Post by **Sparkfist** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:43 am

Chwoka wrote:Might be partly a monitor problem. What computer do you have, how old is it, and what system is it operating on?

^May be right. I've had a monitor that behaved similar to what you're describing. If it's a CRT, yeah definitely, you should see about replacing it, it's only going to get worse.

Also you might want to do a check for any thing like viruses, Trojans, worms or any other form of intruder that might be messing with your OS. If you don't have a anti-malware program, try A squared (google search it). They have a free version you can use and it's better then nothing.

atari2600a · Post by **atari2600a** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 1:23 pm

I myself like AVG Free. What version of Windows?

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 1:25 pm

Reinstall Windows XP (perhaps with something takes up less system resources, see TinyXP)

hailrazer · Post by **hailrazer** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:17 pm

atari2600a wrote:I myself like AVG Free. What version of Windows?

Avg free isn't going to be free after January though

Post by **bicostp** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:21 pm

hailrazer wrote:
atari2600a wrote:I myself like AVG Free. What version of Windows?
Avg free isn't going to be free after January though

Yes it will be.

They're just terminating support and updates for the old version (7.1). AVG Antivirus will continue to bel free, you just won't get the antispyware or firewall components. (You need to pay for those.)

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti-vi ... /us/tpl/v5