IBM Control Panel Not Responding

[Freddyb]

Can anyone please explain to me what happens to IBM's that causes
their Control Panels to Not Respond to windows when you try to change
to Classic View and/or when you click on an item that changes the task
pane on the left hand side? I have seen this with countless IBM
computers however I have not yet found a cause or a viable solution
other than reloading the system. I have tried repair installs, sfc
/scannow, misc control panel ini editing, etc and to no avail.

Can anyone please help me or point me in the right direction for a
cause and solution? These are ALL Windows XP systems.

If this is the wrong newsgroup, can someone please point me in the
direction of the right one?

Thank You,

Freddyb

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

To repair all system files, go to Start/Run, and type (or paste in): SFC /SCANNOW

 

[Freddyb]

To repair all system files, go to Start/Run, and type (or paste in): SFC /SCANNOW

I had already tried that as stated in my previous post. It did not
resolve the problem. Any other thoughts or suggestions?

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

extra toolbars, etc can be managed in SP2 on the IE, Tools menu, click "Manage AddOns"

 

[Freddyb]

extra toolbars, etc can be managed in SP2 on the IE, Tools menu, click "Manage AddOns"

Well, I found the problem on this particular IBM, and I am hoping that
it will remain the same problem on all the other IBMs that I have seen
this on and will see this on again in the future. If the system had
SP2 on it I think I could have used the Manage Add Ons option to fix
this as well. Read below if your interested:

Condition:

--When changing to Classic View/Category view in the Control Panel the
Control Panel will freeze and an attempt to close it will display the
End Now dialogue box.
--When clicking on any item in the Control Panel in Category View the
Control Panel will freeze and an attempt to close it will display the
End Now dialogue box.
--The computer is an IBM with the IBM DLA software installed.


Cause:

The following BHO does not work with Windows well:

BHO: DriveLetterAccess - {5CA3D70E-1895-11CF-8E15-001234567890} -
C:\WINDOWS\system32\dla\tfswshx.dll

It will cause the Control Panel to malfunction.



Cure:

--Download BHODemon from
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloadget.php?id=3550&file=9&evp=245a87539eea8ed6904332b4b8b8442d
--Run BHODemon and disable tfswshx.dll.
--Open Control Panel and verify that the Control Panel is no longer
malfunctioning.