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MajorAccident
Guest
I've been having a strange problem lately. Whenever I run internet programs that use the Explorer structure (Internet Explorer, Outlook, KaZaa, Yahoo Messenger, AIM, etc), the program freezes. I open the task manager and the program is "Not Responding". I'll hit End Now and it closes and everything is fine. Other programs like Netscape or games all work fine.
When the program freezes and I don't open the task manager, after about 10 seconds, my modem will disconnect and try to redial, only to be unsuccessful due to the port being left open. I've been using the same hardware and OS for almost a year and this problem just started about a month ago. I've installed all the service packs and updates and all the newest drivers and nothing helps. I didn't change anything when it started happening, it just started screwing up.
Anyone know what might be happening and how to correct this?
My computer:
Dell 1.4 Ghz Pentium 3
256 MB PC133 RAM
30 GB HD
Windows XP Pro
64 MB nVidia GeForce 4
Soundblaster 16
Creative v.92 56k
Sony 8x4x32 CD-RW
When the program freezes and I don't open the task manager, after about 10 seconds, my modem will disconnect and try to redial, only to be unsuccessful due to the port being left open. I've been using the same hardware and OS for almost a year and this problem just started about a month ago. I've installed all the service packs and updates and all the newest drivers and nothing helps. I didn't change anything when it started happening, it just started screwing up.
Anyone know what might be happening and how to correct this?
My computer:
Dell 1.4 Ghz Pentium 3
256 MB PC133 RAM
30 GB HD
Windows XP Pro
64 MB nVidia GeForce 4
Soundblaster 16
Creative v.92 56k
Sony 8x4x32 CD-RW