I need Helpful advice or tips

Ok,i log in and sometimes i get to stay on for 10mins,other times 2mins,and sometimes i crash trying to even log in,I have no viruses bc i run trendmicro everyday and AVG everyday,i have a superb connection seeing i just got a new router and modem,i have 1gig of RAM,Nividia Ge Force 5200,and i still cant figure why i crash soo much i crash more than 50times in one day,can someone help me try figure whats the problem bc i cant figure it out i even uninstalled and reinstalled SL

What are your system specs? What router do you have? You have the latest video, motherboard and sound drivers for your system? Wireless? More info the better.

i am comp retarded i dunno how check all that stuff lol

Hello. First thing, you mention running Trend Micro and AVG. Running 2 antivirus programs at the same time is not a good thing. The problem with it is you can run into compatibility issues and they will crash each other, cause irratic behavior etc.

2nd. Do you run these at the same time as SL? try turning off all non essential things, like antivirus, printer monitors etc.

3rd. Do you connect through a firewall or direct?

4th. as far as figuring out what the specs of your system are. Try clicking Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Information
The first page is a system Summary. Copy and paste that info here. Also, on the left hand side of this window, click on Components, then Display. Paste that info here.
Now click Problem Components. If there is anything listed there, paste that info to us too.

When you do all this, one of us may take the time to lookup your hardware drivers and post links to the latest ones for you. If you can also tell us the brand and model number of the PC and any upgrades you have done that will be the most useful info of all.

Hope that helps.

what i meant is ill run AVG, then trend like maybe an hour later and disk cleanup/disk fragment like all 20mins apart

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name YOUR-120ADF289E
System Manufacturer GATEWAY
System Model T3882
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 1 GenuineIntel ~2793 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Intel Corp. BF86510A.15A.0085.P20.0412152353, 12/15/2004
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-215"
User Name YOUR-120ADF289E\Owner
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 684.86 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 1.62 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Name Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2572&SUBSYS_4043107B&REV_02\3&267A616A&0&10
Adapter Type GeForce FX 5200, Intel Corporation compatible
Adapter Description Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller
Adapter RAM 128.00 MB (134,217,728 bytes)
Installed Drivers nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.4299
INF File oem31.inf (i865G section)
Color Planes 1
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1024 x 768 x 60 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xF0000000-0xF7FFFFFF
Memory Address 0xFFE00000-0xFFE7FFFF
I/O Port 0x0000FFF8-0x0000FFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 16
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\ialmnt5.sys (6.14.10.4299, 811.21 KB (830,684 bytes), 5/21/2005 8:11 PM)

Name NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0322&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_A1\4&2E98101C&0&00F0
Adapter Type Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Adapter RAM 0 bytes
Installed Drivers ialmrnt5.dll
Driver Version 6.14.01.4351
INF File oem6.inf (nv4_NV3x section)
Color Planes Not Available
Color Table Entries Not Available
Resolution Not Available
Bits/Pixel Not Available
Memory Address 0xFD000000-0xFDFFFFFF
Memory Address 0xD8000000-0xDFFFFFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 21
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\nv4_mini.sys (6.14.01.4351, 1.21 MB (1,265,130 bytes), 8/26/2004 6:56 AM)

Hmmm... you have intigrated video on the motherboard and a 5200 video card, have you disabled the onboard video in the bios? This may be causing conflicts if it hasn't. Also, the Nvidia drivers look like they need updating, you done that lately?

Ok great.

1st. http://www.wikihow.com/Disable-Onboard/Integrated-Video-On-Your-Computer
This is an explanation on disabling the onboard video card as you seem to have a pci Version card. I would go through these steps to clear up any issues that might be causing.

2nd. http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
Go there to download the newest drivers for your Nvidia 5200 card

3rd. To make it real real easy for ya.
http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/dlcenter.asp
That is Gateway's site for drivers. If you put in the serial number on the computer, it will find and download all of the most current drivers for all the equipment that came with the computer. I would do this before anything else. Any equipment added after buying the computer will need to be updated via those items' manufacturer's sites.

Hope this helps