Comments on: Top 5: Free Software

By: Erich

Erich — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:18:46 +0000

It sounds like it’s something to do with your soundcard. Either hardware or software related. I would suggest installing the latest sound drivers for your soundcard. If that doesn’t fix it, download the latest firmware for the whole mobo and install it. And as a last resort, you might even try reinstalling Windows XP.

By: Luffie

Luffie — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:42:07 +0000

I have a Dell Latitude Laptop using Windows XP. I took it to Geek Squad because it was skipping and the freezing up when I played DVDs or any kind of audio. When it freezes I have to turn it off witut shutting it down. It also wouldn't freeze right away..it freezes into about 10 minutes of playing DVDs or youtube videos. It was also making weird noises when it froze. Best Buy informed me that the noise wasn't any hardware issue, but the kind of noise the computer makes when it's frozen. They said nothing was wrong hardware wise, and that I had 6 viruses on the laptop. Well now, all those viruses are removed, and my laptop is still skipping and freezing when I play DVDs..to the point where I have to turn off the computer without shutting it down. If it's not viruses, and geek squad said everything is fine with the computer physically, then what is it? I'm very frustruated santoramaa

By: Michael Leung

Michael Leung — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:06:03 +0000

I used GIMP, rather Photoshop.
But I think Paint.Net has a lot of users too!