Hey again guys,
I recently reformatted my computer, and all was working well after you guys helped me install drivers, but for some reason my computer has been VERY slow. And it seems if I open more than 3 internet exploreres or programs at a time, everything stops responding. This has never happened before. My computer actually just completely Stoped Responding and I had to shut it down. I dont know if this was because a file or driver I deleted is still missing, or what. Im running 64bit so I dont know why its doing this. Any ideas?

You might examine your Event Viewer looking for any errors that coincide with your problems.

Here is an article on the use of the Event Viewer in Vista:

Working with Vista’s new Event Viewer

Alright. I have it open, but I dont really know how I can make it helpful. I can only see how many errors and warnings there were, which is like, 32 errors, and 30 warnings within the last 7 days. But those were all from yesterday and today. So... what can or should I do now?

They are time stamped so the idea is find errors (not warnings) that coincide with problems you are having.

You should see on the error line an Event ID # and its' source. If you right click and go to properties you should see a description of the error.

Log Name: System
Source: Application Popup
Date: 3/24/2009 421 PM
Event ID: 1060
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: BeatLab
Description:
\SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\netbios.sys has been blocked from loading due to incompatibility with this system. Please contact your software vendor for a compatible version of the driver.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Application Popup" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49152">1060</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2009-03-24T2321.652Z" />
<EventRecordID>9186</EventRecordID>
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>BeatLab</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>\SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\netbios.sys</Data>
<Binary>000000000200300000000000240400C0000000006B 0300C000000000000000000000000000000000</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>





There have been 17 of these in the last 3 days. Does this help?

Well I don't like this:

"netbios.sys has been blocked from loading due to incompatibility with this system."

Also do you mean you are running multiple instances of IE or just multiple tabs or windows in one instance of IE?

One test is try Safe Mode with Networking which should allow you online but filter third party drivers.

The test would be if there is any difference in functionality.

Of course your graphics will only work on VGA mode at a low resolution but see if using your other programs including IE function any differently.

Alright, Ill try that and see what happens. And usually it happens when I have multiple IE's up. but I think maybe my comp might be overloading because it happens when have games/internet up at same time. But it never used to be this way before I wiped everything.

Well, no errors occured while I was in safe mode. But just now it almost happend. I had one Internet explorer file open, running to this page, and Guild Wars loading, and IE went "Not Responding" for a few seconds, but then went back to normal. Im not sure what the problem is. If I wiped my hard drive and reformatted everything, and installed drivers again, would it help? And could the problem be that I installed more than one driver for a specific purpose?

"And could the problem be that I installed more than one driver for a specific purpose?"

Yes.

Safe Mode blocks all but the necessary drivers for windows to start.

You could try to track driver issues by the following although it is a bit tedious:

Go to Start Run... (Start Search in Vista) & type in:

msconfig

Click OK (hit Enter in Vista).

Click on the Startup tab:

Click: "Disable all"

Click on the Services tab:

Put checkmark in "Hide all Microsoft services"

Then click: "Disable all"

Click OK.

Restart computer in Normal Mode.

You will be told you are in diagnostic mode. Click: "Don't show me this again"

If you system works well now the diagnostic process is to go back and start turning on items one by one rebooting in between in order to root out a possible bad driver or service.

Although tedious perhaps easier than another reinstall.

Alright, Ill try it. I might not be done for a few hours though. Sound spretty tedious. Oh well, worth a shot. And thanks for help. Will be back later to check up