Re: Freezing Over Start Menu.... Again

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"JamesJ" <jjy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eqD2$MLXKHA.3504@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
As far as the memory diagnostic report.. there is none. I navigated to the proper branch and no events.

Now another anomoly:
Right after bootup when I click the start menu orb only the top 3 items display an icon and the system hangs.
The other 5 show no icon for about 20 seconds then they appear.
After some reboots the start menu opens but is tranparent, can see the desktop underneath... no items or
anything for about 20 seconds then they appear.

There is no event being reported at the time the system hangs waiting for the item information for the start menu items.
These items are third party software (Active Disk Image and Desktop Maestro) that I've had for some time and I had issues like this before I added memory.

I did paste 2 'Error' events that occured during a bootup about an hour ago:

Event filter with query "SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 60 WHERE TargetInstance ISA "Win32
_Processor" AND TargetInstance.LoadPercentage > 99" could not be reactivated in namespace "//./root/CIMV2" because of
error 0x80041003. Events cannot be delivered through this filter until the problem is corrected.

Code Integrity is unable to verify the image integrity of the file \Device\HarddiskVolume1\Program Files\Microsoft Security
Essentials\Drivers\mpfilter\mpfilter.sys because the set of per-page image hashes could not be found on the system.


I haven't got a clue about those messages. I would boot into safe mode for a while and see how the Start menu behaves etc.
If it seems ok, then get rid of the software giving you problems.
If the Start menu still has problems in safe mode then I would suspect Vista is
corrupted somehow.
Maybe try a 'sfc /scannow' file check, a system restore or even consider a clean install.




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