COMPUTER NERDS! Help me!
 

I uninstaled a few programs and was playing around with System MMechanic last night and now my monitor is running slow - that's how it looks anyway. When I try to scroll down a webpage it doesn't move smoothly, it jumps down in spurts. Videos work fine. What did I do? How do I fix it?

I am using Win XP, ran Evidence Eliminator and all the best spyware so I know it's not that - I definately tweaked or removed the wrong thing.

If you have a decent (but slow) monitor Ill buy it from you for $5 ?

oh and there's nothing funny going on in the system, everything is running at normal levels (cpu and mem usage)

My monitor is a 17" flat panel from Samsung, I should have mentioned that maybe. i don't think it's the monitor though.

And I now realize that yelling "COMPUTER NERDS" in a room full of sensitive geeks was probably not the best way to get a helping hand :winkwink:

refresh rate is set too slow. bump it up.
maybe 72 or 76, something like that.

Uninstall then reinstall the video drivers.

your monitor must have a virus to be running that slow... I suggest buying a new one and selling that one to a Virus removal professional (myself) for $5

virus infected monitor? gee...

**HIJACKING THREAD**

hey, where in Milwaukee are you?? you're the second person this week i found on gfy thats also from Milwaukee lol

hit me up on icq sometime: 266-081-806

All right - I tried reinstalling the driver, now my disk isn't working right. I'll have to download the drivers or something like that, thanks for the help everyone

the virus is spreading... :helpme

Odds are, it is not the monitor - if you have another you can verify by hooking it up.

Chances are what ever you installed is either causing a conflict (drivers or etc) or your system has been compromised.
- Did you run any of System Mechanic's tools? (You should always back-up your system before running software as such.)
- Did you scan the file (.exe, .zip or whatever) before installing?

If you do not have Norton Utilities (WinDoctor or SystemCheck) I recommend using Spybot - it contains many useful tools for Windows (aside from the basic) which may help. Also, it is free.

You are always welcome to donate the thing to me

:winkwink:

If you are using the latest Spybot it prompts you for system restore point creation...if you have a recent restore point I would just do that...

once back to normal (or your previous state...) take your maintenance tasks incrementally and check performance with each change...

hth