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Mine is an XP SP2 machine, 1 gig of memory, very stable, no viruses or
spyware, been running fine for two years.
About a week ago, I noticed that sometimes, I can't determine when
exactly, I'll get weird behavior when trying to switch between
multiple open programs on the computer.
Normally, I might be running Firefox (2.0.0.12) and Thunderbird, plus
maybe one or two other normal programs, like Windows or Excel.
Normally, if you want to switch to a different application, you click
on the application in the taskbar, and the window with that
application opens up in front of other applications, and becomes the
active window.
However, in the past week, I've been notcing that sometimes (again, I
can't define when), this doesn't work. To bring up a new application,
the following happens:
1. Click on desired application in the taskbar.
2. The application's "spot" in the taskbar will start flashing orange
rather than the normal blue background.
3. Click again, a SECOND time, on the desired application in the
taskbar.
4. Really quickly, I'll see it look like the application is minimizing
to the task bar. The application's "spot" in the taskbar will remain
a steady orange.
5. Click again, a THIRD time, on the desired application in the
taskbar.
6. This time, the application will rise to the top and I can work in
it.
So six steps to do what past experience and normal expectations would
tell me should be done in three.
Computer is free of viruses and spyware. No new applications have
been installed on it in the past week. I restart it every morning.
It's gone entire busy days of usage without this happening (for
example, yesterday, a Sunday, when I was on it all day). Once it does
this, quitting all applications won't fix the problem, and merely
logging off then logging back on won't either. Only restarting the
comptuer will fix it.
This is driving me nuts, and because I lack the precise information
I'd need to troubleshoot further, I can't really research it well.
Anyone else ever had this happen, and what's the fix?
spyware, been running fine for two years.
About a week ago, I noticed that sometimes, I can't determine when
exactly, I'll get weird behavior when trying to switch between
multiple open programs on the computer.
Normally, I might be running Firefox (2.0.0.12) and Thunderbird, plus
maybe one or two other normal programs, like Windows or Excel.
Normally, if you want to switch to a different application, you click
on the application in the taskbar, and the window with that
application opens up in front of other applications, and becomes the
active window.
However, in the past week, I've been notcing that sometimes (again, I
can't define when), this doesn't work. To bring up a new application,
the following happens:
1. Click on desired application in the taskbar.
2. The application's "spot" in the taskbar will start flashing orange
rather than the normal blue background.
3. Click again, a SECOND time, on the desired application in the
taskbar.
4. Really quickly, I'll see it look like the application is minimizing
to the task bar. The application's "spot" in the taskbar will remain
a steady orange.
5. Click again, a THIRD time, on the desired application in the
taskbar.
6. This time, the application will rise to the top and I can work in
it.
So six steps to do what past experience and normal expectations would
tell me should be done in three.
Computer is free of viruses and spyware. No new applications have
been installed on it in the past week. I restart it every morning.
It's gone entire busy days of usage without this happening (for
example, yesterday, a Sunday, when I was on it all day). Once it does
this, quitting all applications won't fix the problem, and merely
logging off then logging back on won't either. Only restarting the
comptuer will fix it.
This is driving me nuts, and because I lack the precise information
I'd need to troubleshoot further, I can't really research it well.
Anyone else ever had this happen, and what's the fix?
