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    • kShapero on Thu 03 Sep 2009
    • 03:19:55 AM UTC

    Every five minutes or so my PC acts tied up and nothing will run for about 90 seconds. Could this be related to WOT?

    Or could it be something else. Anyone have a clue?

    Akiva

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    • lamchopz on Thu 03 Sep 2009
    • 03:30:59 AM UTC

    Check if there are

    Check if there are conflicting programs running together (for example, 2 antiviruses, 2 firewalls).
    Check if your PC is clean from viruses/spyware. If it is, check your fans and other hardware.
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    • BobJam (not verified) on Thu 03 Sep 2009
    • 03:50:31 AM UTC

    RAM

    How much RAM do you have?

    Have you done a defrag lately?

    Have you cleaned out temp files lately?

    What is the size of your swap file and what is the size of your HDD?

    Have you cleaned out Restore Points lately?

    I'm assuming you have Windows, but it would be nice to know what OS we're talking about here.
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    • The Big Bin on Thu 03 Sep 2009
    • 08:46:00 AM UTC

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    I think it probably is one of the problems mentioned above, but it might also be some software running in the background that's causing/having trouble (e.g., it might be as simple as an antivirus trying to ckeck a cd that is broken - that's what I had before). Check your startup sections in the registry. Before that, make sure you create a backup though.

    One very, very, very useful application in this case are the "TuneUp Utilities 2009". They can help you find the problem, and make your PC faster again. It's not freeware, but you can download a free trial shareware version (runs 30 days, which should be more than enough time to fix your problem).

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    • Sami on Thu 03 Sep 2009
    • 09:34:04 AM UTC

    Re: Every five minutes or so my PC acts tied up

    I don't see how the add-on could cause this, but you can always try temporarily disabling it to make sure.
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    • sebsauvage on Fri 04 Sep 2009
    • 08:10:27 AM UTC

    Indexing service, maybe ?

    You can also try to turn off the indexing service (this is a disk I/O and CPU hog).
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    • phantazm on Fri 04 Sep 2009
    • 08:31:11 AM UTC

    Hardware problem..?

    Maybe the software is fine, but the hard part not; is it a new or an old pc you're using..?
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    • BobJam (not verified) on Fri 04 Sep 2009
    • 08:40:03 AM UTC

    Everybody guessing

    Since everybody is guessing at the moment, it would indicate that you need to be more specific . . . OS, RAM, PC make and model, version of browser, version of add on, antimalware installed, etc.

    TIA
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    • The Big Bin on Fri 04 Sep 2009
    • 09:45:17 AM UTC

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    Yep, I think BobJam has made a good point. We simply can't know exactly what the problem is with the information given. If you can't figure it out yourself, I still recomend the software above, because it can detect most of the probable causes mentioned here.

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