Computer System locks up in Control Panel

[Guest]

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

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Some times spyware can cause Control Panel problems. Scan for spyware.


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Guest]

Some times spyware can cause Control Panel problems. Scan for spyware.


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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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.

 

[Guest]

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.

 

[Guest]

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.