I am experiencing a strange problem. Sometimes when I attempt to launch
applications the hourglass will show for a couple seconds and then
nothing will happen. Once this happens I am unable to launch any other
applications. I noticed that sometimes when I try to launch task
manager it will sort of "jump start" all the other applications and
they will all begin to open at once. But then sometimes I am unable to
open task manager also. They then launch still all at the same time a
few minutes later. Does anyone have any ideas of what could be causing
this?

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> I am experiencing a strange problem. Sometimes when I attempt to
> launch applications the hourglass will show for a couple seconds and
> then nothing will happen. Once this happens I am unable to launch any
> other applications. I noticed that sometimes when I try to launch task
> manager it will sort of "jump start" all the other applications and
> they will all begin to open at once. But then sometimes I am unable to
> open task manager also. They then launch still all at the same time a
> few minutes later. Does anyone have any ideas of what could be causing
> this?

The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time
things worked and the time they didn't?

The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the
malware/virus status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what
programs (and versions) did you use to determine this?

Be sure the computer is clean:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

In your case, I would answer the second question first.

Malke
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