Re: Frequent Hourglass in Explorer
From: Gerry Cornell (gcjc_at_btinternet.com)
Date: 01/14/05
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Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 10:18:44 -0000
MS
Your message has turned up four days after the date on the message so
something else is also not right.
Unless it has been disabled in Services ( Start, Administrative Tools,
Services, Event Log ) Event Viewer maintains logs monitoring the System,
Applications and Security. The default setting for this service is
Automatic. If it is set to automatic Event Viewer logs certain events
from booting the machine to shutdown.
Windows Explorer does not control the starting of programmes, although
it is possible whilst using Windows Explorer to start a programme.
Commonly double clicking an exe file in Windows Explorer will start an
application e.g. double clicking winword.exe starts Microsoft Word.
Error / information reports are retained in the Event Log usually for
several days. The size of logs can be defined by the user. When the size
of the log reaches the limit the older reports are removed automatically
to create space for the new ones.
Whilst you will not see Error Messages in Windows Explorer whilst the
hour glass is visible you should note the time and then look in the
System section of Event Viewer for Error and Warning Reports during the
time preceding resolution of the Windows Explorer. Please note when hour
glass appears it should normally resolve itself given sufficient time.
Have you recently installed a new printer, scanner, camera or the like?
Also have you recently upgraded Windows XP to SP2? What RAM memory and
processor speed does your computer have?
-- ~~~~~~ Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FCA Stourport, Worcs, England Enquire, plan and execute. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please tell the newsgroup how any suggested solution worked for you. http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ " MS" <ms@nospam.com> wrote in message news:O5mI19e%23EHA.3328@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > Thanks for the info. > > Do you mean that right after I get that hourglass crash of Explorer, I > should run Event Viewer? Can programs start from the Start Menu when > Explorer is frozen? Or first close and re-start Explorer? If I did > that, > would the message in Event Viewer still be there? > > There are no error messages in the case I described. Just an endless > hourglass. > > > "Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@btinternet.com> wrote in message > news:O6nNyVq9EHA.220@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... >> What error occur in the system section of Event Viewer? >> >> >> Make an exact note of the precise text of any error message. Minor >> discrepancies can >> make it harder to search for information about the error message. >> >> You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools, >> Event Viewer. >> When researching the meaning of the error, information regarding >> Event >> ID, Source >> and Description are important. >> >> HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP >> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&Product=winxp >> >> Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you >> should double click >> for further information and you can copy using copy and paste. >> http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp >> (Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only) >> >> A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and >> double >> click on the >> error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button >> resembling two >> pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now start your >> message >> (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This will paste >> the >> info from the >> Event Viewer Error Report complete with links into the message. Make >> sure this is >> the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer. >> >> In Event Viewer there is no facility to print Error Reports. A >> workaround is copy and >> paste the Error Report into an email, send it to yourself and print >> off >> the copy in your >> Inbox or your Sent Items folder. >> >> -- >> >> ~~~~~~ >> >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Gerry >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> FCA >> >> Stourport, Worcs, England >> Enquire, plan and execute. >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Please tell the newsgroup how any >> suggested solution worked for you. >> >> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> " MS" <ms@nospam.com> wrote in message >> news:Oi4wiPp9EHA.2552@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... >> > Many times lately, when I try to do some function in Windows >> > Explorer, >> > especially if I highlight a file or file and right-click, or if I >> > highlight >> > a file or files and press the delete button, I get an endless >> > hourglass. >> > >> > The only way I can get out of it is to CTRL-ALT-DEL to Task >> > Manager, >> > and >> > highlight Explorer, and end the process. Then I go to "File", "New >> > Task" >> > (still in Task Manager), type in Explorer, Enter, and Explorer >> > starts >> > again. >> > >> > What could be causing this problem? How can I fix it? >> > >> > Thank you very much to anyone who can help with this. >> > >> > >> > >
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