Re: xp freeze up on downloads

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verclsid.exe is not running at all, should i try the repair install on the
cd? It seems like that would not be useful as this is a brand new clean
install
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i have a headache


"ANONYMOUS" wrote:


No. You should not stop any firewall or antivirus when you are online.
You are opening yourself to attacks.

OK Check for me this before going online:

1) Go into Task Manager (CTRL+ALT+DEL)
2) Check whether the process verclsid.exe is running

If it is, could kill/delete/End it and see if the system has improved.

If it has improved then let me know so that I can give you a permanent
solution.

hth



priti wrote:

Clean install, I ran update first thing it seemed happy but this freezing up
of the entire system just doesnt wash with me, why the whole system failure
even if it still doesnt have all updates. Makes no sense. I am now working on
19 crashes in the last 2 1/2 hours I am trying to download my AV program,
each time I get 1 more meg closer before the crash, also trying to make sure
I have the latest windows installer but I also cannot seem to install (There
is no way you can make this stuff up). I have stopped the firewall XP stuff
and the updater and still the same result.

priti
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i have a headache

"ANONYMOUS" wrote:

When you say brand new install, do you mean to say a clean install of
the XP SP2 version? If so then the OS will first download all the
patches since SP2 was released before it will allow you to download
anything else. you should perhaps stop autoupdate (temporarilly) before
going online.

Normally, one always downloads latest virus signature files and some
hotfixes before going online because it takes about 14 minutes
statistically to infect a system,

hth


priti wrote:

I have a problem with a brand new install (3 hours) of xp pro SP2. It seems
that it freezes on every download (unless its a very small one) from any
site. Not only does the download freeze but also the whole screen and OS
forcing a hard reboot. Still tryig to download my virus scanner and it wont
even do that without freezing. Anybody ever here of this.

Priti
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i have a headache


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