Recently my mouse has begun to hesitate whenever my hard drive is working. This is a new behavior, 1-2 weeks and is frustrating. I have also noticed that when this hesitation is occurring, my keyboard is also inoperative. I have recently downloaded the most recent CWShredder and this didn't help.
Any ideas???
Thanks
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Jump to PostHave you added or changed any hardware/software lately?
Also- try shutting down any unneccessary programs that might be loading; there could be something runninng in the background that's kicking in and hogging your system resources at certain intervals.
Jump to PostYou should definitely keep your subscription current- Symantec has put out quite a few updates lately.
Is there any pattern to the freezing? That is, does it happen at certain intervals, when you are performing certain tasks, etc.?
Jump to PostDefragmented your hard drive and used 'Disk Cleanup' on it lately?
If not, you should.
Jump to PostOK- that might give us something to work with.
It sounds like you're describing what in geek-speak would be called "disk thrashing", although the cause of that is usually not having enough physical RAM (memory) installed to handle the programs you're using: With insufficient RAM, the system uses a …
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