Re: Locking up for several minutes after connecting to internet

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pedallingminstrel_at_pedallingminstrel.fsworld.co.uk
Date: 05/03/04 

Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 09:10:38 +0000 (UTC)

I'm using both McAfee Personal Firewall Plus and Zone Alarm Pro, but neither
appears to have a log of outbound events. So I just tried setting all
currently trusted programs to ask permission before accessing the internet
and then watched what tried to get out. Unfortunately the problem did not
occur on this occasion! (And the only things that tried to access the
internet looked pretty safe: McAfee programmes, Generic Host Process for
Win32 services and Messenger.)

Perhaps it only happens once a day? I have ADSL so I usually only connect to
the internet once a day and then remain connected. (It did occur the first
time I connected to the internet today - locked for about 10 minutes.)

Before I shutdown tonight I will reset all apps to request permission to
access the internet and then see what happens tomorrow.

Thanks for the advice.

"hardhead" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:769801c430bf$ac4004e0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> have a look at your firewall log, see if anything is
> getting out.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >When I connect to the internet (via ADSL) the PC becomes
> very unresponsive -
> >virtually locked - for several minutes (usually between
> 2 and 10 minutes).
> >The system tray icons (including the clock) will not
> update during this
> >time.
> >
> >I have all the latest XP patches, have run spybot and ad-
> aware and I have
> >McAfee VirusScan installed.
> >
> >When the condition occurs the GUI is not always
> completely locked. For
> >example, it is sometimes possible to try to launch
> programs from the Start
> >menu but the screen simply shows the small hour glass
> for a few seconds and
> >then does nothing until the condition ends (then the
> programs appear). This
> >also occurs if I press Ctl-Alt-Del: I only get the task
> manager when the
> >condition passes.
> >
> >Most times I turn on the PC and connect to the internet
> the PC is useless
> >for 10 minutes. All advice is appreciated and welcomed.
> >
> >Many thanks
> >
> >Steve
> >
> >--
> >Pedalling Minstrel
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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