Hi. I did change my daughter's Control Panel to Classic View and it seems to
work fine now. I really don't understand this problem. My husband also has
an IBM laptop with XP Pro SP 2 and he does not have the problem. Anyway, I'm
not going to worry about it anymore. As long as I can access Control Panel
functions, I'm happy.
"RkNebel" wrote:
> Hello Liz, thanks for you response. This problem that I am having seems to be
> either on this system, or one of the applications; I have installed both XP
> Home & Pro, and it does the same thing. I guess the only way I could know for
> sure is to reinstall the OS and over a long period of time, add an
> application, one at a time, and run the system for awhile before adding
> another. This is something I really don't want to do, at this time because I
> need my software applications now. I was hoping a technician, or professional
> would read the original post and tell me what I would need to do to correct
> it. Maybe I have it posted on the wrong newsgroup, but it would seem like
> this woulld be the right one.
>
> It does work alright in windows classic, but I miss the XP experience.
>
> "Liz" wrote:
>
> > My daughter has an IBM laptop purchased as part of a university program. She
> > has the exact same problem on her computer. However, she is running XP Pro
> > SP 2. I thought it was something associated with the extra software put on
> > by the university or by IBM. My husband has an IBM laptop with the same OS
> > and does NOT have this problem, however. Anyway, I hadn't thought to change
> > to Windows Classic and try it buy I will now.
> >
> > "RkNebel" wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Some times spyware can cause Control Panel problems. Scan for spyware.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Hope this helps. Let us know.
> > > >
> > > > Wes
> > > > MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
> > > >
> > > > In news:9645464A-1B69-43F3-A570-(E-Mail Removed),
> > > > RkNebel <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
> > > > > I am having a problem with accessing Control Panel. I can open the main
> > > > > window but after I click on any of the links, such as Performance and
> > > > > Maintainence the next window opens but none of the links can be activated.
> > > > > While the mouse pointer is in the window it is shown as the hour glass.
> > > > > Inside the window seems locked up. I let it sit there for quite some time,
> > > > > and it never continues.
> > > > > When I move the mouse out side the window I can anything else. I can open
> > > > > other files and applications. When I close the window it tells me that
> > > > > Control Panel is not responding. I can click on End Now button in the
> > > > > message box and it closes. The icons on the destop clear for a moment and
> > > > > then reappear. At that point everthing is normal.
> > > > >
> > > > > I did notice that when I put the OS in Windows Classic theme and turn
> > > > > classic view in the control panel on, control panel operates fine.
> > > > >
> > > > > I know that the problem is unique to my system; this is the second OS I
> > > > > have installed on this system (Windows XP Home, Windows XP Pro) with the
> > > > > same results. Below is the information I have for my system:
> > > > >
> > > > > S Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
> > > > > Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
> > > > > OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
> > > > >
> > > > > System Manufacturer VIA Technologies, Inc.
> > > > > System Model KT600-8237
> > > > > System Type X86-based PC
> > > > > Processor x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 1 AuthenticAMD ~1534 Mhz
> > > > > BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG, 10/20/2004
> > > > > SMBIOS Version 2.2
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
> > > > > Locale United States
> > > > > Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180
> > > > > (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
> > > > > Available Physical Memory 692.54 MB
> > > > > Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
> > > > > Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
> > > > > Page File Space 2.40 GB
> > > > > Page File C:\pagefile.sys
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Microsoft Office 2003
> > > >
> > > > Thank you for the reply. But I don't have any spyware on my system. I am using MS Anti Spyware software and it is up to date. This is a fairly new installation of the OS.
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