my pc slows down when...

[roger104]

Hi there, need help on my pc. My pc slows down when i'm running 2 or more programs simultaneous and my media player will sound distorted (like a pirated/corrupted copy) when I open other program/s such as Word, Excel or when I copy or scan a file. How do I fix it?

[GX1_Man]

Start by telling us about the computer, RAM, operating system, service pack on it, virus and spyware protection, etc.

Information gets relevant responses.  

[roger104]

Why does my Win media player (ver. 9) hang-up/distorted sound when I open other application(ex. Word, Excel)?

My PC: Windows XP;  Pentium 4 2.8GHz
RAM: 512MB

It's like there is something grounded inside. The sound distortion comes along with the blinking of the LED infront the CPU.

[parkourpan]

most likely you need more ram...like 1gb.  does your speakers sound fine before you start multi-tasking?

[roger104]

 Yes my speakers are functioning well. Ive tested other speaker and the result were the same. I don't think its in the RAM. I dont have any other applications installed (games, softwares, etc) that would require such.

[GX1_Man]

Start by telling us about the computer, RAM, operating system, service pack on it, virus and spyware protection, etc.

Information gets relevant responses.  

[fffreak]

most likely you need more ram...like 1gb.  does your speakers sound fine before you start multi-tasking?

He doesn't need more RAM, 1gb-2gb of RAM are only for the extreme gamers. 512MB is enough RAM to play music. It is most likely some sort of malware, again what kind of malware protection do you have.

[Fed]

Run both of the scans below then come back.
Ewido/AVG Online Scan
Panda Activescan

[stephen.marki]

That used to happen to me to... That only happens to me now if I have like 50 programs running... Firstly... Drop Windows Media player and go with WinAmp... It is way better... And the way I fixed it was I got an upgrade... I got a new stick of ram and it started working again... So ya... I know what you are talking about... Like I said get rid of Windows Media Player... Do not use Windows Products unless you have to... There are a lot of bugs in them...

[bayern]

When you said the computer lcd blinks, it's a sign it's accessing your hard drive.

What programs were you running? What other background tasks are running? If background tasks such as scheduled virus scan, backup,  updates are running while you try to do work or play any kinds of av on your pc, you will notice the slow down.
If you don't have background tasks running, it could be the programs take up lots of ram or accessing hugh amount of data from you harddrive or both, could even be a malware causes it. There are many reasons why a computer slows down, more detail would help.

B.

[roger104]

Thanks a lot guys.

 My computer is not connected to the internet anymore, but it is used to be. I experience the problem eventhough i only run a Word and WMP at the same time.
I dont have much knowledge on computer hardware, etc. Hope these info could help.

MB: Asus P5RD1-VM
Processor: Pentium 4 2.8GHz
RAM: 512MB
HD: 80GB
Microsoft Windows XP
Professional
Version 2002
Service Pack 2

Norton Internet Security (Downloaded)
I have also run Dr. Web’s CureIt

[bayern]

Hum...  Norton huh. Get rid of it will likely help.

B.