Re: Windows Explorer (Not Responding)

Posted July 7, 200915 yr

So this has been going on since 2007? Whew.

Vista Premium is the first Windows OS I've noticed this happening with

of course I've gotten hangs and freezes with everything dating back to

the Apple ][, but Vista seems particularly hang-happy. In general it's

Mozilla Firefox, but I think that's because it's the program I launch

the most. It can even be a Control Panel that becomes nonresponsive.

(The most ironic poart is that the Task Manager often freezes, but

doesn't tell you it's hung! Or perhaps the most ironic part is that when

the "Windows is searching for a solution to this problem" window comes

up, it stays up forever, or until you reboot.)

I've tried a lot of fixes, including

- Cleaning fans.

- Clearing out the "temp" folder.

- Clearing my browser cache and setting its value to 8 MB.

- Setting the page swap file to the recommended value, min and max

the same value.

- Swearing profusely.

And it should go without saying that Windows Update is turned to

automatic updates, and hardware drivers are up to date also.

Not that it would help, but I can't go to Microsoft I got scammed by a

company (3BTech) who sold me an OEM version of Vista Premium at full

price.

Any fixes, or diagnostics, would be most welcome.

ClemSnide

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