Windows XP Cant close windows

[Guest]

I have suddenly experienced a problem, when I close a window it kind of melts
away from top to bottom. Sometimes it has a delayed reaction or leaves part
of the window over top of another one.

It also sounds like my computer is always working like it does at start up,
I have up to date spyware and anti-virus programs and have found nothing out
of the ordinary. I have a high speed cable modem and plenty of room on my
computer just lost about how to get the use out of the speed.

Also programs don't want to shut down even if I use the task manager and it
says not responding it still takes forever to shut down. Pleeeeeaaasssse Help
Me!

 

[Malke]

I have suddenly experienced a problem, when I close a window it kind of
melts away from top to bottom. Sometimes it has a delayed reaction or
leaves part of the window over top of another one.

It also sounds like my computer is always working like it does at start
up, I have up to date spyware and anti-virus programs and have found
nothing out of the ordinary. I have a high speed cable modem and plenty of
room on my computer just lost about how to get the use out of the speed.

Also programs don't want to shut down even if I use the task manager and
it says not responding it still takes forever to shut down.
Pleeeeeaaasssse Help Me!

You need to find out what is running in the background using up cpu cycles.
Do that by clean-boot troubleshooting:

Clean boot in Windows XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353
Clean-boot advanced troubleshooting in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316434
and How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

For the shutdown issue - which is undoubtedly related - read the information
here:

http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

Malke

 

[Tim Judd]

I have suddenly experienced a problem, when I close a window it kind of melts
away from top to bottom. Sometimes it has a delayed reaction or leaves part
of the window over top of another one.

It also sounds like my computer is always working like it does at start up,
I have up to date spyware and anti-virus programs and have found nothing out
of the ordinary. I have a high speed cable modem and plenty of room on my
computer just lost about how to get the use out of the speed.

Also programs don't want to shut down even if I use the task manager and it
says not responding it still takes forever to shut down. Pleeeeeaaasssse Help
Me!

Add memory to the computer/laptop. You are hitting your pagefile
(swapspace) waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much, and I know it. It's a
classic case.

Add at least 64M (hard to find nowadays), suggest adding as much as you
can reasonably afford (RAM = cheap nowadays).

have a good week.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Add memory to the computer/laptop. You are hitting your pagefile
(swapspace) waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much, and I know it. It's a
classic case.

Add at least 64M (hard to find nowadays), suggest adding as much as
you can reasonably afford (RAM = cheap nowadays).

Cheap or not, adding more RAM is not the solution to all problems, and while
adding some may help him, adding more than he can make effective use of is a
waste of money.

To the Original Poster: This is *not* a one-size-fits-all situation. You get
good performance if the amount of RAM you have keeps you from using the page
file, and that depends on what apps you run. Most people running a typical
range of business applications find that somewhere around 256-384MB works
well, others need 512MB. Almost anyone will see poor performance with less
than 256MB. Some people, particularly those doing things like editing large
photographic images, can see a performance boost by adding even more than
512MB--sometimes much more.

If you are currently using the page file significantly, more memory will
decrease or eliminate that usage, and improve your performance. If you are
not using the page file significantly, more memory will do nothing for you.
Go to http://billsway.com/notes_public/winxp_tweaks/ and download
WinXP-2K_Pagefile.zip and monitor your pagefile usage. That should give you
a good idea of whether more memory can help, and if so, how much more.

 

[Frank]

I have suddenly experienced a problem, when I close a window it kind of melts
away from top to bottom. Sometimes it has a delayed reaction or leaves part
of the window over top of another one.

It also sounds like my computer is always working like it does at start up,
I have up to date spyware and anti-virus programs and have found nothing out
of the ordinary. I have a high speed cable modem and plenty of room on my
computer just lost about how to get the use out of the speed.

Also programs don't want to shut down even if I use the task manager and it
says not responding it still takes forever to shut down. Pleeeeeaaasssse Help
Me!

There is a setting for this within display properties--appearance--effects--
[ ] Use the following transition effect for menus and tooltips: