AnonymousMe
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Hey everyone, I was wondering if y'all could help me with a problem occurring with my laptop, it keeps freezing about 30-60 seconds after starting it up, I can't even do the slightest of activities. I bought it refurbished about 3 or 4 weeks ago and this issue started since yesterday. I ran the anti-virus, but nothing serious was found, but I might have an idea of why this is happening.
When I got it, it worked just fine, the only problem was that during moments when it's supposed to go to sleep, it freezes, it doesn't matter if the laptop gets closed or if it's left un-attended for a while, the same thing always happens. Here's where I think I screwed up, instead of shutting it down by holding the power button, I took out the battery and I did it quite a number of times too, I think that's what's causing the malfunction.
I don't think it's a recent model, it's a Gateway, with Windows XP and automatic updates are turned off (I'm aware XP is no longer supported, but I keep them off so a downloader I have doesn't become incompatible with my Firefox [That's how it works, right?]).
I'm currently looking for answers on other sites, but I think it's better when you're chatting with anyone that's trying to help you. If someone has an idea of how to fix this and/or has some questions, then please let me know.
When I got it, it worked just fine, the only problem was that during moments when it's supposed to go to sleep, it freezes, it doesn't matter if the laptop gets closed or if it's left un-attended for a while, the same thing always happens. Here's where I think I screwed up, instead of shutting it down by holding the power button, I took out the battery and I did it quite a number of times too, I think that's what's causing the malfunction.
I don't think it's a recent model, it's a Gateway, with Windows XP and automatic updates are turned off (I'm aware XP is no longer supported, but I keep them off so a downloader I have doesn't become incompatible with my Firefox [That's how it works, right?]).
I'm currently looking for answers on other sites, but I think it's better when you're chatting with anyone that's trying to help you. If someone has an idea of how to fix this and/or has some questions, then please let me know.