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krazykemist · 01-30-2005, 10:46 PM

For the past few weeks after a while, anywhere from 5 mins to 20 mins, of activity such as opening Firefox, Thunderbird, WMP, or other normal pc things I can no longer open another program. I can close out the current programs I'm using or continue using them but if I try to open or run something else it pauses like it is going to then I get the hour glass then nothing. If I Ctrl-Alt-Del it does the same thing but just displays the icon in the system tray and never pops up so I can not end any tasks.
I have tried formatting and reinstalling windows. I run AVG, Spybot, AdAware, HiJack This. No problems to be found. Could this be a hardware issue? I am all out of ideas, any suggestions?

01-30-2005, 10:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
krazykemist Psycho Location: New Orleans	PC semi-locking up. Have to reboot very often. Any ideas? For the past few weeks after a while, anywhere from 5 mins to 20 mins, of activity such as opening Firefox, Thunderbird, WMP, or other normal pc things I can no longer open another program. I can close out the current programs I'm using or continue using them but if I try to open or run something else it pauses like it is going to then I get the hour glass then nothing. If I Ctrl-Alt-Del it does the same thing but just displays the icon in the system tray and never pops up so I can not end any tasks. I have tried formatting and reinstalling windows. I run AVG, Spybot, AdAware, HiJack This. No problems to be found. Could this be a hardware issue? I am all out of ideas, any suggestions? __________________ "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." -- Tolstoy