Win Xp stops and goes

[Dig]

I have a Dell 9100 with Winxp home 4gigs ram 2 drives. Everything is working

great except I recently noticed that it seems to stutter.



Opening a miniclip game to test it I noticed the tank would go and then stop

then go and then stop even though I am holding the go key down.



I then opened word 2007 and held a key down and it typed then stopped then

typed then stopped even though I was holding the key down the entire time so

it is the machine not my comcast internet connection.



Before I take a step of tearing and reinstalling the operation system I

figured I would throw it out there to see if anyone has had this problem

before or maybe has an idea of what it may be.



Any help appreciated.

Thanks

 

[John John - MVP]

Dig wrote:

> I have a Dell 9100 with Winxp home 4gigs ram 2 drives. Everything is working

> great except I recently noticed that it seems to stutter.

>

> Opening a miniclip game to test it I noticed the tank would go and then stop

> then go and then stop even though I am holding the go key down.

>

> I then opened word 2007 and held a key down and it typed then stopped then

> typed then stopped even though I was holding the key down the entire time so

> it is the machine not my comcast internet connection.

>

> Before I take a step of tearing and reinstalling the operation system I

> figured I would throw it out there to see if anyone has had this problem

> before or maybe has an idea of what it may be.

>

> Any help appreciated.



I would try reinstalling the video drivers.



John

 

[Stefan Patric]

On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:49:01 -0700, Dig wrote:



> I have a Dell 9100 with Winxp home 4gigs ram 2 drives. Everything is

> working great except I recently noticed that it seems to stutter.

>

> [snip]



Check your Startup folder and the Taskmanager. Eliminate unnecessary

start up apps and background processes, particularly those that are

eating a lot of CPU cycles. A word of caution: If you are not familiar

with background process, don't do anything. You could render your system

unusable by turning off the wrong one. Just look for tasks that are

using a lot of CPU time, and report it here.



Then empty all Trash, clean your C: drive (others if you have them), and

defrag them.



If none of that makes a difference, return here for additional advice.



Do you have virus/malware utilities installed and running? Firewall on?

Do you use Internet Explorer and Outlook Express on a regular basis? Is

your system connected to the Internet directly to the modem (dialup?,

DSL? or cable?) or through a router?



Stef