Scratch

Rexpup wrote:

silentslayer7 wrote:

catfan8 wrote:

It may be gmail. Got any strange mail or spam mail lately? Also, how old is your computer?

No spam mail but my computers been around for like, i don't know, maybe 14, 15 years?

Time to get a new computer.  15 years?!!?!  That's the oldest operational computer I've ever heard of!  Most computers are cannot operate properly after about 7 years.  I think it's just because you're running win 95 or something.  MY computer only crashes when I run Chrome, IE's competitor.  Then Windows 7 has a fit and gives me the dreaded blue screen,

Yeah, about the age. I asked my parents and they said 7 or 8 years. I was way off :p

catfan8 wrote:

Computers crash a lot after 5 years, so it is still time to get a new computer. Try a laptop, they tend to be faster, have better graphics, and their portable!

The thing is with that, my parents pay my sister $20 a day for watching TV (literally) so I actually have to do stuff for 2 weeks to get the amount she gets in one day and sometimes my parents don't even pay me 

Last edited by silentslayer7 (2011-07-15 15:58:15)

cheddargirl wrote:

silentslayer7 wrote:

I'm not saying it does, but it might. Why do I think it might? Well, Scratch may be the cause of my computer getting the blue screen o' death like, 4 times because it's mainly one of the only sites I go on (besides clubpenguin, google, gmail, and game sites (safe ones) like miniclip) but really Scratch is pretty much it. Please if you're on the Scratch Team I'd appreciate it if you'd search for one. 

Like what Paddle2See posted earlier, I don't believe the Scratch site has a virus.

However, Scratch does run Java and Flash scripts in order to work, and sometimes running multiple Flash and Java scripts can cause a computer to freeze, particularly if the computer is old. I have a feeling that might be the reason for your computer problems. If you're running multiple applications or have multiple windows/tabs open while browsing the Scratch website, try turning them off and see if that improves your situation. 

Thank you. The situation has been optomized a little bit after posting this. Oh yeah, I can't run flash since I don't have the new plug-in anyway :p

15 years old is Windows 95.
Scratch is from 2009.
Its your computer.
I might test this in a VM, can you give pc specs?

TheCatAndTheBanana wrote:

15 years old is Windows 95.
Scratch is from 2009.
Its your computer.
I might test this in a VM, can you give pc specs?

Actually, Scratch was released in early 2007 - late 2006. ^^

you should get a new computer. its hard to get things to work correctly on and 8-year old computer. but 14,15, or older?! thats a bit old.

--imnotbob

ImagineIt wrote:

silentslayer7 wrote:

catfan8 wrote:

What browser do you use?

Internet explorer, like I usually do. I usually only use chrome for da free apps :3

Don't use Internet explorer. Hackers love putting viruses there!

It's very difficult for a website to get your computer to contract a virus, no matter what browser you use. The main thing to be cautious about is what you download onto your computer. Don't download illegal files from Limewire or Frostwire (although I think Limewire's been shut down) and be aware.

It's possible to get the Blue Screen of Death without having a virus, anyways.

TheCatAndTheBanana wrote:

15 years old is Windows 95.
Scratch is from 2009.
Its your computer.
I might test this in a VM, can you give pc specs?

uh what's a pc spec 

MyRedNeptune wrote:

TheCatAndTheBanana wrote:

15 years old is Windows 95.
Scratch is from 2009.
Its your computer.
I might test this in a VM, can you give pc specs?

Actually, Scratch was released in early 2007 - late 2006. ^^

May 15th I think it was released publicly. But you seem to be the only person who signed before like any admin >.>


I have a computer that old, and it seems to be doing the same thing that yours does (except for blue screens). Do you ever turn it off? (turning the monitor off isn't the same thing) If you don't, you probably should. It could suffer from some massive overheat.

And please, don't get into a mac vs. pc argument. Go do that somewhere else. It's a pc we're talking about, so macs shouldn't even come up in the conversation.

Last edited by TimeFreeze (2011-08-06 09:41:54)

TimeFreeze wrote:

MyRedNeptune wrote:

TheCatAndTheBanana wrote:

15 years old is Windows 95.
Scratch is from 2009.
Its your computer.
I might test this in a VM, can you give pc specs?

Actually, Scratch was released in early 2007 - late 2006. ^^

May 15th I think it was released publicly. But you seem to be the only person who signed before like any admin >.>

:-O But I got Scratch in like January 2007!

silentslayer7 wrote:

EzekielE wrote:

Solution: Throw away your computer and buy a mac    Im serious 

NEVER! I cannot stand when I have to work with macs and my friends house and at school. They're so weird and most right click stuff i do (save picture, etc) doesn't show up! Sorry, but no mac for me.

you can right click with macs....

just do this

on a trackpad, hold down too fingers and click
on a magic mouse or other mouse, just click on the right

just turn it on in system preferences

I'm not sure if you guys realize that computers cost MONEY...

This topic has strayed far, far from its origins... Let's get back on topic, please. Otherwise, I'm afraid I may have to close this.