MMORPGs and Online Videos freezing

bluewolfsushi · 02-17-2008, 12:49 AM

I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this or not, excuse me if I've made a mistake with that.

I've had the same computer software and stuff way before this began happening, so it can't be my comp or RAM. I also plugged in a big fan that blows on high behind my hard drive to keep it cool, so it isn't over heated.

Alright, I play two MMORPG games: World of Warcraft, and Maplestory. I've been playing Maplestory for over two years and World of Warcraft since this Christmas. Since the past month or so, the games will freeze for about 10 seconds every like...well I haven't timed it...maybe 15 minutes to a half hour. If I go into a cave or a room in WoW and target something, it'll keep freezing like every second for a few seconds until I get out, or if the target isn't doing anything to me, and I stop targeting it. Half the time I just so happen to be running away from or fighting a mob and although if I have a pet on WoW, and it'll keep moving, my character will just run in place I guess until it works again. (I've died many, many of these times when I play as my weak clothed warlock :(.) I think my character on Maplestory still moves, but it's been a couple weeks since I've played and even then I hardly played, so I can't really remember.

I think since then my online videos have also been freezing. I'm not sure if it's the same thing or not. What would happen is usually after watching a few videos or the same one a few times, the whole screen'll freeze and usually I can "X" out, but sometimes I have to CTRL + ALT + DEL it out. Then after that I'll usually, but not always, have problems trying to open files on my desktop, and/or while trying to open the internet, it'll open a window, but it wont load. If the internet and stuff still works, and I try to watch an online video again, the page will freeze again before the first video even loads and I have to CTRL + ALT + DEL because now I can't even "X" out of it. Only once after this would my desktop folders still open; atleast from what I can remember. I'm not sure if it's the same thing as my MMORPG games or not because after the online videos freeze, even if I leave the comp on for over 6 hours, nothing will change. Everything will work again after I restart my computer though. What sucks is that watching online music videos use to be one of my favorite things to do to pass the time, but now it's rare I can play more than three 2 - 4 minutes videos without it freezing on me and I have to restart my whole computer. It just gets frustrating after a while.

I've tried manually uninstalling and reinstalling the latest version of Java, cleared ALL of my internet files, updated my NVIDIA GEFORCE thing, and scanned with SpyBot, AntiVir, AVG, and Avast, but nothing has worked. I'm assuming it's a virus, what should I do? I'm desperate.

02-17-2008, 12:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
bluewolfsushi Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1 OS: XP	MMORPGs and Online Videos freezing I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this or not, excuse me if I've made a mistake with that. I've had the same computer software and stuff way before this began happening, so it can't be my comp or RAM. I also plugged in a big fan that blows on high behind my hard drive to keep it cool, so it isn't over heated. Alright, I play two MMORPG games: World of Warcraft, and Maplestory. I've been playing Maplestory for over two years and World of Warcraft since this Christmas. Since the past month or so, the games will freeze for about 10 seconds every like...well I haven't timed it...maybe 15 minutes to a half hour. If I go into a cave or a room in WoW and target something, it'll keep freezing like every second for a few seconds until I get out, or if the target isn't doing anything to me, and I stop targeting it. Half the time I just so happen to be running away from or fighting a mob and although if I have a pet on WoW, and it'll keep moving, my character will just run in place I guess until it works again. (I've died many, many of these times when I play as my weak clothed warlock :(.) I think my character on Maplestory still moves, but it's been a couple weeks since I've played and even then I hardly played, so I can't really remember. I think since then my online videos have also been freezing. I'm not sure if it's the same thing or not. What would happen is usually after watching a few videos or the same one a few times, the whole screen'll freeze and usually I can "X" out, but sometimes I have to CTRL + ALT + DEL it out. Then after that I'll usually, but not always, have problems trying to open files on my desktop, and/or while trying to open the internet, it'll open a window, but it wont load. If the internet and stuff still works, and I try to watch an online video again, the page will freeze again before the first video even loads and I have to CTRL + ALT + DEL because now I can't even "X" out of it. Only once after this would my desktop folders still open; atleast from what I can remember. I'm not sure if it's the same thing as my MMORPG games or not because after the online videos freeze, even if I leave the comp on for over 6 hours, nothing will change. Everything will work again after I restart my computer though. What sucks is that watching online music videos use to be one of my favorite things to do to pass the time, but now it's rare I can play more than three 2 - 4 minutes videos without it freezing on me and I have to restart my whole computer. It just gets frustrating after a while. I've tried manually uninstalling and reinstalling the latest version of Java, cleared ALL of my internet files, updated my NVIDIA GEFORCE thing, and scanned with SpyBot, AntiVir, AVG, and Avast, but nothing has worked. I'm assuming it's a virus, what should I do? I'm desperate.