# Lap top help!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lap-top-help/163620>\
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**Created:** [September 23, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lap-top-help/163620 "2005-09-23T23:52:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![rhamej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@rhamej](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rhamej)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lap-top-help/163620/1 "2005-09-23T23:52:48Z")

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I dont know what the deal is, but its frustrating the crap out of me.  
My laptop boots fine and quick not connected to the cable modem. But if I boot while connected, or connect after it boots, it freezes. But freezes weird.

I can still move over the YZdock, and open the start menu, but as soon as I try to open a folder or app, nothing. ☹ It will sit there for ever if I let it.

So two days ago I reformatted thinking I got a virus or something. Yesterday was fine, booted fine okie dokie. Took my lappy to school today and connected to the wi-fi there. Now I am at home and it’s doing the same thing again. ☹

I running a virus scan right now as we speak. But before I reformatted I had run it and it and found nothing.

When I sign on to the wi-fi at school, I have to sign in through a log in page with my school account, could this be messing it up?

I really dont wan to reformat again. I just got all my programs back on and that took forever.  
Any ideas out there?

p.s. adaware, hijack this, and spybot found nothing. Still waiting on Nortons scan.