Right-click crashing explorer?

[messagy]

When there's 'heavy' activity on the pc (video encoding for example) and
I right click a file on the desktop, the pop-up menu will delay to
appear, and most of the times will actually never appear, 'freezing'
windows explorer functionality. I then have to restart since XP becomes
useless, although any open programs, still keep running ok. Any ideas?
Thanks

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Please post your complete hardware specifications....

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| When there's 'heavy' activity on the pc (video encoding for example) and
| I right click a file on the desktop, the pop-up menu will delay to
| appear, and most of the times will actually never appear, 'freezing'
| windows explorer functionality. I then have to restart since XP becomes
| useless, although any open programs, still keep running ok. Any ideas?
| Thanks

 

[messagy]

WinXP pro SP2, P4 2.8 Prescott HT, 1GB ram (-128MB that go to the
motherboard integrated ATI gfx chipset)