Re: Program Not Responding Error

I also did a system restore. Since all the errors have occured since the
twelth of March, I restored to a safe point on the eleventh. So far I have
not encountered any of the previous problems. System is stable, running
great, and giving no errors or programs not responding.
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ddd453


"Malke" wrote:

doctord453 wrote:

I am having trouble with "Program Not Responding" errors. My operating
system is WindowsXP Home Edition with SP3 updates. The trouble is not
predictable or systematic in occurance. And is also not limited to only
one program. It was first noticed to happen with Internet Explorer. But
has since been experienced while working in Photoshop CS4, Outlook
Express, and Nero Express. The latest instance was with Windows Explorer
which caused the screen to go blank for some time. I've tried to use Taks
Manager to stop the unresponsive program by clicking the faulty program
and then clicking end now. But this seems to have no effect. Also it
sounds like my hard drive goes chaotic when this occurs. I have updated
Windows and all revelant programs as far as I can find. And recently
updated IE to version 8 hoping this would help with stability. Still no
help. I am very confused as to why programs become unresponsive as well as
a solution to this problem. Any insight on this would be much appreciated.

Installing IE8 is certainly not the way to get back stability!

Since your issues happen randomly and in all programs, you probably are
having hardware issues. It could be something simple like a failing power
supply or something more serious such as a failing hard drive. Back up your
data immediately and do some hardware troubleshooting, starting with the
power supply and then the hard drive.

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Hardware_Tshoot

Testing hardware failures often involves swapping out suspected parts with
known-good parts. If you can't do the testing yourself and/or are
uncomfortable opening your computer, take the machine to a professional
computer repair shop (not your local equivalent of
BigComputerStore/GeekSquad). If possible, have all your data backed up
before you take the machine into a shop.

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ


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