Don't kill me for being off topic... x.x;

[bloodstainedkisses]

Advice seriously needed! Okay, I was playing The Sims 2, and all of a sudden... my PC crashes on me, giving me this 'Windows has detected an error' on a blue screen. So... I rebooted, and everything was fine.

Ack! I'm so computer illiterate... what do I need to do to fix it? I'm running a virus scan as we speak, then going to do Adaware stuff, and then Defrag... I hope a format isn't necessary. x.x;


Advice?

[BlueSoup]

I don't know, but it's discussed here, so you can maybe find out some answers?

[bloodstainedkisses]

-Clicks screen- I just installed the Movies, today, and it crashes to my desktop, each time... I uinstalled in a hurry. x.x;

[aussieone]

I used to get that on my previous computer....someone told me it was caused by spyware on your system...who knows it could have been BS. So I ran spybot each time it happened and it seemed to fix the problem temporarily.

What you're doing can't hurt in any case....a healthy computer is a happy computer!

[bloodstainedkisses]

I'd sooner tear my hair out strand by strand, then go without The Sims 2. -Tear-

I knew I needed an upgrade! >>

[Ness]

an update may not be necessary...  (says she madly saving for a new processor!) but regular computer maintenace is never a bad thing!

especially when playing sims 2 a lot - defragging often is pretty much a must...  I aim to do mine once a week, and it does run a bit faster afterwards...  I've got a friend who defrags every day if she's played sims 2

[bloodstainedkisses]

I may do a scan disk (was recommended to me)... only thing is, I don't know how. -Headdesk-

But, no viruses were found, in the scan, so YAY to that! And no more Blue Screen of Death, either! Running an adware scan, now.

[Ness]

easy...

go into my computer, right click on the hard drive and select properties...  choose the tools tab, and there you find scan disk..

or, at least you do on win 98, I don't suppose it would be much different on XP, but if there were errors that scan disk needs to fix, defrag won't run

[bloodstainedkisses]

I should probably do this tonight... Oo;

I'm getting the holiday pack shipped to me tomorrow... <3

[Ness]

don't forget, it's a good idea to shut down background tasks to run scan disk and defrag...  and if it's been a while since you defragged, I would suggest leaving it running and go to bed - it can take hours!

[bloodstainedkisses]

Mine took an hour and a half, the last time I ran it... oo;

But yes, I'm talking to people on messengers, so, I'll probably run it when in bed. <3

[lindaetterlee]

hmmm I never knew there was a topic here? lol