when i first connect to the internet via my modem, the
taskbar freezes and modem through-put is suspended. After
about 6 minutes the it unfreezes and any icons that
have been clicked on along the taskbar during the freeze,
suddenly open. Any ideas???
SOMEBODY HELP ME!
I can't help you with your problem but I have a similar one.
I have WINXP Pro SP1 and any updates up to about 4 to 6 weeks ago. I use a
cable modem throu Comcast but do my newsgroups and email through AOL. Once in
a while, while in AOL, I'll click on something (I haven't pinned it down to
anything specific. It varies.) and the system locks up. CNTRL-ALT-DEL doesn't
do anything and if I have other tasks on the task bar, clicking on them does
nothing. After X minutes (I don't know how long; I generally leave the
computer area for a while.) I'll look at the screen and there's Windows Task
Manager (as many copies as the number of times I've clicked CNTRL-ALT-DEL) and
any other tasks I've tried to activate from the task bar. This problem occurs
with a frequency that varies from once every couple of days to 2 or 3 times a
day. I haven't found any thing specific that I'm running at the same time as
AOL with the possible exception of the command prompt (I just thought of that
as I'm typing) that might be a factor. Nothing I'm doing in AOL can be pinned
down as the triggering event either. I've decided to live with this for now.
If I find a solution, I'll post it to the newsgroup and I'd appreciate it if
you would do likewise.
Thanks.
Frank O'Halloran--Remove panydotnet from email address