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12-17-2002, 11:31 AM
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Windows XP problem
I have Windows XP Home Edition installed on my primary comp at home. The problem that I am experiencing is that when I go into something like my documents, my computer, my music, the computer hangs. I notice that the either the blue bar at the top of the window is faded or the titles on the tool bar (File, Edit, View, etc) are grayed out, and the computer doesn't respond to any commands, eg control+alt+delete, esc, nothing!! So I end up having to reboot every time, this is very annoying and time consuming. Any suggestions or advice is greatly appreciated.
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12-17-2002, 11:56 AM
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Hello,
what are your system specs ? Is this a clean install of Windows XP or an upgrade from an older Windows ? Did you install Windows XP just recently and encountered the problem right after installing or have you had Windows XP for some time and is this a new problem ? RJ
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12-17-2002, 12:32 PM
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I have had the OS installed on my comp for 10 months. It came with the computer so it was a clean install. I just recently started having this problem.
My system specs: Matsonic Motherboard w/ VIA KT266A chipset Athlon XP 1700+ processor 512MB DDR Ram PC2100 Gainward GeForce4 Ti4200 128mb Video Card 60GB Western Digital HD 7200rpm w/ 8mb cache Justlink CD-RW Drive 1.44" Generic Floppy Drive SoundBlaster Live! X-Gamer 5.1 Sound Card I did replace the HD about 3 months ago, but I had no problems then. I have already run a virus scan on my C drive and there is nothing there. I can run games just fine, surf the net fine, it's just when I try to access the folders I mentioned. Thanks. |
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12-17-2002, 12:36 PM
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Use system restore and restore your PC to a few days ago when your Windows XP worked well.
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12-17-2002, 01:12 PM
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Well...... ummm....., I kinda like disabled it to conserve space, so that isn't a option. Do you think if I just do a reinstall it would clear up?
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12-17-2002, 01:32 PM
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Are you sure you didn't install some software recently? Get something from P2P?
Starting from scratch should fix things, but that's a last resort. Let this be a lesson not to turn off System Restore. It is one of the few useful gimmicks that comes with Windows XP. It has saved me in quite a few situations. |
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12-17-2002, 02:32 PM
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Yes doctorgonzo, I think that I will heed your advice and keep System Restore running if I have to reinstall. What is P2P? The last thing that I installed was a game, 007 Nightfire.
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12-17-2002, 02:40 PM
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P2P=Peer-to-peer. Things like Kazaa, WinMX, Imesh, and anything else people use to trade files. If you use something like that, you may have downloaded something nasty without knowing it.
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12-17-2002, 03:12 PM
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Nope, haven't downloaded anything like that at all. Hmm, do you think that I could have possibly deleted something I needed along with another file that I no longer needed? Is it possible to delete something like that when removing game files?
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12-17-2002, 05:27 PM
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try this hit start, run, cmd,sfc/scannow and have your win xp cd in the cd drive this will restore eney missing files
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12-17-2002, 05:33 PM
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Cool, I'll give it try as soon as get home from work. Thanks for the suggestion.
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12-18-2002, 01:20 AM
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Windows XP doesn't have sytem file checker(sfc).
Probably your best bet is to stick the CD in and set your bios to boot from CDROM like you are going to reinstall. When it gives you the option to chose repair do so. If you don't want system restore to use alot of space just set it's max to 300-400mb. You'll still have a number of restore options but you won't lose ten percent of you hard drive. |
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12-18-2002, 03:18 AM
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win xp has sytem file checker it runs in windows DOS
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12-18-2002, 03:50 AM
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In addition to what Tuf said: You have the ability to delete all restore points but the last one. If you have many restore points it will free up space noticeable.
So after you configured Windows as you like create a restore point and delete all the previous ones. That way you will always be able to restore to that particular restore point. That's the way I do, so far so good. RJ |
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