Application crashes are facts of life that happen almost everyday whenever you’re spending a great deal of time in front of the computer. Fortunately, most of these program malfunctions can be remedied by just closing it down and running it anew. It’s quite annoying though, especially if the application that crashes is a word processor and you weren’t able to save what you’re doing. Argh!

Some crashes are even nastier. Not only does it require you to run the program all over again, but it sometimes calls for the complete shut down and rebooting of the whole system. This was the dilemma that many PC users encountered during the days of Windows 95 and 98. Microsoft incorporated a mild solution to the problem by giving the user an option to report the crash to them.

I’m quite shameful to admit that I haven’t tried clicking the “report” button whenever I’m prompted after a crash to send a report about the incident to the OS maker. It’s not that it would entail extra time to fill out some electronic forms for the report. In fact, you don’t need to do anything other than click the button. The reason why I haven’t tried clicking that button yet is because I’m quite skeptical if Microsoft would really work on the problem. Many consumers have already sent complaints to Bill Gate’s company about various problems, but only a few of them were entertained and resolved.

I guess my skepticism is misplaced. Who knows, application crashes might be on top of the OS maker’s “to-do” list. Give it a try. You might just get a solution to that frequent software malfunction that you’re having. But don’t just sit and wait for Microsoft to solve your problem for you. Try to find other solutions. System crashes are also frequently caused by problems in the registry. Run a registry cleaner and see if it fixes your problem. Based from experience, it usually does.

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Do you ever wonder why your hard drive sometimes spins like crazy even if you’re not doing anything with your computer? Halloween is still 9 months away so don’t suspect that this is another ghost story. However, the reason behind that mindless spinning can be equally terrifying.

We all know that malware usually works behind the scenes. No self-respecting virus author would expose his work to any third-rate anti-virus software. So in order to increase the life span of his creation, he would develop it in such a way that it could run without being noticed.

Fortunately, no bad deed goes unnoticed. There are many ways by which you could detect the presence of unwanted applications without resorting to a laborious full-system scan.

If your hard drive is working overtime without you demanding anything from it, then chances are is that it’s working for somebody or something else. A virus or a malicious code may have been inserted in your registry which instructs your system to do needless loops, or worse, perform destructive functions.

Be very observant when you’re using your PC. If it slows down, try rebooting. If it still runs at a laggard pace, then run your anti-virus and check if your system is clean.

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