Middle of browsing or working on word the computer becomes non responsive

Whilst typing on word doucment and move between browser and other windows/tabs unpredictably the macbook stops resonding and a rainbow colour pinwheel starts spinnign for ever needing the computer to be force switched off and restarted. any suggestions what could be wrong.

My computer is a laptop Satellite a665-s6086. The main video player I use is a VLC player. However, it also becomes non responsive on websites that stream video. This could be a random site, but videos from youtube have also caused my computer to become non responsive. I haven't tried other media players yet. I am not sure yet about a 2 hour movie. The other day, I got through a few shows before it started acting up, maybe about 2.5 hours worth of video.
When my computer becomes non responsive, I can't open other programs, and when I try to close open programs, they just freeze and do not shut down. If i try to close a web browser, I just get the (not responding) note in the tab bar. You can tell things start to not work when in the middle of a video, the noise kind of makes a gurgle sound I guess. Its the same sound video makes if I were to accidently bump or shake my computer. That noise is hard to describe. the video slows down a little, but usually I can finish watching it. When i power down my computer, i turn it off using the button and turn it back on. Everything boots up like normal, and things seem fine until I try watching another video.

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Can anyone help me on this one? I got my IPAD 2 in June 2011. It never gave problems until a few days ago. It began to "hang", becoming non-responsive to all buttons. Then just yesterday morning, it went totally black. The display no longer displays. The Battery was charged 96%. I tried the power adapter, but had the same result. I tried the resetting, holding the two buttons for 10 seconds or more but no result. I have already restored it to the factory setting,(via my PC) and put back my apps etc. But after all this I still cannot see anything on the screen.
I know it is still working, because from time to timer I hear the message alerts, and other sounds.
Waht is the likely solution?

Try a Reset...
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears. Release the Buttons.
If no joy... Try a Restore...
1: Connect the device to your computer and open iTunes.
2: If the device appears in iTunes, select and click Restore on the Summary pane.
3: If the device doesn't appear in iTunes, try using the steps in this article to force the device into recovery mode.
From Here
Unresponsive iPad
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3281

Every time I select the Import button in Lightroom 4.3 the program becomes "Non Responsive"

I can not import any photos using the impport button. I had the same problem with Lightroom 3.2 so I triued 4.3. Using Windows 8 intel i7 3.4 Ghz 12Gb Ram 256 Gb Samsung 830 Series SSD for catalog and installation of Lightroom. Pictures on another internal Hitachi HD

Hello, I moved your discussion to the Photoshop Lightroom forum. You should better find what you are looking for there.
Best,
Julia

HT2729 im locked out of my i phone i used the wrong pass word the computer that i used to setup my phone does not work any more, what can i do i am using a computer now but it wont synic my phone

im locked out of my phone i used the wrong pass word the computer that i used to set it up no longer works

Hi ,
I'm sorry you have to put your device in the DFU mode which means that you're gonna lose your data in your phone
Have you upload something in your cloud ?
I'm here if you need more help

I can't get some song on my iphone they work off of the computer but they wont show up on my phone they are in the "on my iphone" section but they gray and have a gray dotted circle next to them i have tried every thing I just want them on my phone HELP!

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You have posted to the iTunes Match forum, which your question does not seem to be related to. Is your question concerning iTunes Match or syncing with iTunes via USB?

I have created an I-tunes playlist consisting of audio recordings recorded in Quick Time 7. The play list works fine in the computer and in the I-pod. However; I am unable to burn the playlist to a Cd disc. what am I missing ?

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Hi ! to Bd Aqua !
Thank you for your response. :
1. Audio recordings recorded in Quicktime 7 pro . Eighteen separate short recordings (18 tracks).
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2. Moved to I-tune.
3. Created playlist in I-tunes.
4.I go to file dropdown and request "burn playlist to disc"
5. Burn Settings dialog box appears. I click burn.
6."Insert blank disc", appears in top wlindow.
7. insert blank disc; the 'Insert blank disc order" disappears but nothing happens after that.
There is no indication or even a hint of anything happening.
Hope you can help, Thanks

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Check in "System Preferences">"Energy Saver" to see if you have the "Computer Sleep" bar set too low.

I have a stuck CDR disk in my MacBook. I have tried everything and nothing works. When the computer starts it makes weird sounds and also when I try to eject it. Nothing Works! Please Help.

I have tried everything and nothing works. When the computer starts it makes weird sounds and also when I try to eject it. Nothing Works! Please Help.

I had that happen with a MacBook. It turned out that the metal case above the slot was slightly bent down.
Putting a flat blade screwdriver in the slot and gently twisting it to move the metal case up allowed it to eject. Don't put it in too far you only want to bend the case not the drive.
The case can get bent down by picking it up with your thumb pressing down on the case above the slot.

How do I connect two workstations to shared storage that allows them to work independently on the same project non-destructively?

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You need to contact Adobe on this:
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HT3964 Hi , My modem got zapped by lightning yesterday. My iMac still was able to power on when I tried it yesterday. Today the modem is replaced and internet is working, but now the computer will not power on. I followed the steps to reset SMC. Noth

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Now that I was sent by Microsoft to your download update site to get the latest version 4.0.1, Firefox crashes (becomes non-responsive) before opening any site page I try. When will you fix this problem?

For two weeks I have tried to use your automatic download of the latest version 4.0.1. It would sit there telling me it is trying to connect to the download computer for hours, several times overnight. Then, it became non-responsive and error messages were sent to Microsoft who directed me to your download site. After downloading your latest version several times, the new page would open. After selecting a bookmarked site, it would open (sometimes only partially) but when I tried to scroll down, it would freeze up and become non-responsive, again prompting error messages to Microsoft. They must be getting a kick out of this. I'm running a Gateway 7200S desktop with Microsoft XP and Intel single range Pentium 4 processor. I have been using your Mozilla Firefox as my default browser for several years with much satisfaction. Unfortunately, whatever upgrades were made have rendered it useless for me.

I have had a similar problem with my system. I just recently (within a week of this post) built a brand new desktop. I installed Windows 7 64-bit Home and had a clean install, no problems. Using IE downloaded an anti-virus program, and then, because it was the latest version, downloaded and installed Firefox 4.0. As I began to search the internet for other programs to install after about maybe 10-15 minutes my computer crashes. Blank screen (yet monitor was still receiving a signal from computer) and completely frozen (couldn't even change the caps and num lock on keyboard). I thought I perhaps forgot to reboot after an update so I did a manual reboot and it started up fine.
When ever I got on the internet (still using firefox) it would crash after anywhere between 5-15 minutes. Since I've had good experience with FF in the past I thought it must be either the drivers or a hardware problem. So in-between crashes I updated all the drivers. Still had the same problem. Took the computer to a friend who knows more about computers than I do, made sure all the drivers were updated, same problem. We thought that it might be a hardware problem (bad video card, chipset, overheating issues, etc.), but after my friend played around with my computer for a day he found that when he didn't start FF at all it worked fine, even after watching a movie, or going through a playlist on Youtube.
At the time of this posting I'm going to try to uninstall FF 4.0 and download and install FF 3.6.16 which is currently on my laptop and works like a dream. Hopefully that will do the trick, because I love using FF and would hate to have to switch to another browser. Hopefully Mozilla will work out the kinks with FF 4 so I can continue to use it.
I apologize for the lengthy post. Any feedback would be appreciated, but is not necessary. I will try and post back after I try FF 3.16.6.

When I was watching the video, the computer becomes very hot, may I ask how you can solve

When I was watching the video, the computer becomes very hot, may I ask how you cansolve

Usually if you have some kind of hardware failure there is some beeping during POST or most motherboards now have LED indicators to produce and error message based on the type of failure
So if its bad memory, not place properly, mismatched, processor not inserted properly, mismatched voltage or voltage connector not present etc it beeps or generates the error id.
Power supplies can be tested for failure. There are some walk throughs for testing just them with a switch, paperclip or a jumper (I'd suggest not doing this if you are not familiar with the dangers of electricity).
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8.1 console (browser IE and Netscape) crashes the computer

When starting a console for WLS 8.1.1 (Administration or Integration) I can work
a short time until the computer crashes. Mouse hangs, a beep rang out and nothing
work. The computer has to be rebooted!
I work with Windows 2000 with Internet Explorer 5.50 and Netscape Version 7.01.
Java PlugIn is installed. The browser java console shows the system environment:
Java(TM) Plug-in: Version 1.4.0_01
Verwendung der JRE-Version 1.4.0_01 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
java.runtime.name = Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition
java.runtime.version = 1.4.0_01-b03
java.specification.name = Java Platform API Specification
java.specification.vendor = Sun Microsystems Inc.
java.specification.version = 1.4
java.util.prefs.PreferencesFactory = java.util.prefs.WindowsPreferencesFactory
java.vendor = Sun Microsystems Inc.
java.vendor.applet = true
java.vendor.url = http://java.sun.com/
java.vendor.url.applet = true
java.vendor.url.bug = http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
java.version = 1.4.0_01
java.version.applet = true
java.vm.info = mixed mode
java.vm.name = Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
java.vm.specification.name = Java Virtual Machine Specification
java.vm.specification.vendor = Sun Microsystems Inc.
java.vm.specification.version = 1.0
java.vm.vendor = Sun Microsystems Inc.
java.vm.version = 1.4.0_01-b03
javaplugin.maxHeapSize = 96m
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Thanks for any help!

"petra" <[email protected]> wrote:
Java(TM) Plug-in: Version 1.4.0_01
Has anyone an idea what/why goes wrong and how the problem could be solved?Try upgrading your Java Runtime plug-in within Netscape. You're using
1.4.0 and the latest Sun JRE version is 1.4.2
(http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html).
Hope this works out for you.
Brian J. Mitchell
Systems Administrator, MIS
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Atlanta, GA 30329 USA
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email: [email protected]
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Schedule shutdown stops working after putting the computer to sleep

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So I read a Post to trash Library/preference/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Autowake.plist. That worked but now it won't shutdown after being put to sleep even when it is woken.

Yes, just put your computer to sleep whenever you judge it right.
The three nightly maintenance tasks are not important enough to change your habits,
they do not affect OS X performance: only disk space.
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— all three together once a month is fine —
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What do yo mean by: "and the other when the microphone busts my eardrum"?
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- Make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store.
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