[resolved]Windows Skipping and Glitchy

steveo555 · 07-16-2007, 10:25 AM

All of a sudden about a week ago my laptop started acting weird. It takes about 10 mins to get to the login screen when turning it on. Also any type of sound or video file is all glitchy, like playing music it is like a skipping CD type of sound. I have a Toshiba Satellite, 120gb HD, 1gb memory, and Windows XP Media Edition. I have ran free anti virus software like AVG and it hasn't found anything wrong. How do I fix this?

I attached some pictures that I thought might help.

dai · 07-16-2007, 01:52 PM

does it boot normally in safe mode

steveo555 · 07-16-2007, 04:12 PM

yes it does, to explain the problem even more I was playing music in Itunes and the whole song was in slow motion type of sound. Should I disk fragmented that is what someone recommended?

dai · 07-17-2007, 11:34 AM

in msconfig/startup untick everything
reboot normally,if the problem is gone,retick the boxes 1 ata time rebooting each time untill you find the one causing it

steveo555 · 07-17-2007, 01:45 PM

i am a noob which is msconfig/startup?

dai · 07-17-2007, 02:03 PM

in the run box type
msconfig
and press enter
then click on the startup tab at the top and you will see the boxes

steveo555 · 07-17-2007, 03:28 PM

to many of them, like 60 or so. Is there another way to diagnosis the problem? Could this be a virus, malware, etc...

dai · 07-18-2007, 01:46 AM

leave the microsoft ones ticked and untick the rest,60 items starting on startup,no wonder it takes 10 min to boot
microsoft
a/virus
is about all you need the rest you can open as you need them
just leave these ticked and if the problem is gone leave it at that

steveo555 · 07-18-2007, 09:35 AM

also I did a free Uniblue registry cleaner and it found 1432 problems, I read the reviews and one person said they had 500. Do you think this registry cleaner would help?

dai · 07-18-2007, 11:19 AM

registry cleaners are to be used rarely,junk in there does not usually affect the running of the system unless it has become corrupted
then you run from the f8 menu
last known good configuration
this loads the last good registry

steveo555 · 07-20-2007, 09:53 AM

I system restored to a month ago and that fixed some of the problems. I deleted big demo programs I had like Photoshop, 800mb demo. Also deleted some free ware programs. And everything is back to normal. Thanks for your help

07-16-2007, 01:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,216 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Windows Skipping and Glitchy does it boot normally in safe mode __________________

07-16-2007, 04:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
steveo555 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6 OS: Windows XP	Re: Windows Skipping and Glitchy yes it does, to explain the problem even more I was playing music in Itunes and the whole song was in slow motion type of sound. Should I disk fragmented that is what someone recommended?

07-17-2007, 11:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,216 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Windows Skipping and Glitchy in msconfig/startup untick everything reboot normally,if the problem is gone,retick the boxes 1 ata time rebooting each time untill you find the one causing it __________________

07-17-2007, 01:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
steveo555 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6 OS: Windows XP	Re: Windows Skipping and Glitchy i am a noob which is msconfig/startup?

07-17-2007, 02:03 PM	#6 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,216 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Windows Skipping and Glitchy in the run box type msconfig and press enter then click on the startup tab at the top and you will see the boxes __________________

07-17-2007, 03:28 PM	#7 (permalink)
steveo555 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6 OS: Windows XP	Re: Windows Skipping and Glitchy to many of them, like 60 or so. Is there another way to diagnosis the problem? Could this be a virus, malware, etc...

07-18-2007, 01:46 AM	#8 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,216 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Windows Skipping and Glitchy leave the microsoft ones ticked and untick the rest,60 items starting on startup,no wonder it takes 10 min to boot microsoft a/virus is about all you need the rest you can open as you need them just leave these ticked and if the problem is gone leave it at that __________________

07-18-2007, 09:35 AM	#9 (permalink)
steveo555 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6 OS: Windows XP	Re: Windows Skipping and Glitchy also I did a free Uniblue registry cleaner and it found 1432 problems, I read the reviews and one person said they had 500. Do you think this registry cleaner would help?

07-18-2007, 11:19 AM	#10 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,216 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Windows Skipping and Glitchy registry cleaners are to be used rarely,junk in there does not usually affect the running of the system unless it has become corrupted then you run from the f8 menu last known good configuration this loads the last good registry __________________

07-20-2007, 09:53 AM	#11 (permalink)
steveo555 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6 OS: Windows XP	Re: Windows Skipping and Glitchy I system restored to a month ago and that fixed some of the problems. I deleted big demo programs I had like Photoshop, 800mb demo. Also deleted some free ware programs. And everything is back to normal. Thanks for your help