Re: Not sure where to look

Start here:

Run Ad-Aware SE, Spybot, CWShredder and HijackThis:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html

Note: Update the first two programs, once installed, before running.

Free Online Virus Scan
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

Windows XP Startup Programs Tracker
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util

Good luck and keep us posted!


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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com



"svictim" <svictim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:B0E407EB-DAC1-405F-9552-4C1EC0EC450A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I'm having a peculiar problem. In the last couple of days, my XP install
> started to hang when any program launched. When I launched a program, the
> CPU would ramp up to 100% for a while until, eventually, the program
> launched. Once the program was running successfully, everything was fine
> and
> there were no CPU issues.
>
> Now, today, I can get into XP fine, but programs are simply not launching
> any more. They're showing up in task manager, but they rarely load more
> than
> 5-6MB into memory and never finish loading. The CPU doesn't peg, and the
> drive doesn't spin; the program simply stops loading. A few programs DO
> load: Windows Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Trillian, the Add/Remove Programs
> app (though some uninstallers will not load because of this problem),
> sysinternals.com Process Explorer... There's no obvious pattern.
>
> There also aren't any events in the Event Viewer that appear relevant.
>
> I'm competent to troubleshoot and fix just about any problem on this
> beast,
> but this one has been puzzled. A clue where to look would be nice.
>
> Oh, and I didn't change any settings or install any programs that would
> cause this. Near as I can tell, it's doing this entirely on its own.
>
> Thanks for any help.


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