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257246 2004-08-01 13:14:00 Guys and Gals

I have a wee problem - my PC (2.8HGz, 512Mb, XP Pro SP1) seems to pause occassionally, especially after using Outlook and downloading email (Xtra). When it pauses the internet connection indicator in the taskbar doesn't change, even though the modem disconnects but nothing else will run.

Clicking on anything gets a brief hour glass then nothing, in this state not even the control+alt+delete will bring anything up. Sometimes the pause lasts a few minutes then the PC suddenly wakes up and does all the things you've clicked on whilst in pause mode.

Any ideas gratefully accepted, thanks.
ni4wdc (5955)
257247 2004-08-01 13:59:00 Hi there , have you tried ad aware or spybot , to see if something else is trying to "phone home" ? Just a thought

www.lavasoftusa.com

www.safer-networking.org

See ya :)
KatiMike (242)
257248 2004-08-01 22:45:00 KatiMike

Thanks for the reply - I have run both Adaware and Spybot every week and they don't find Phone home" type software.


Alan...
ni4wdc (5955)
257249 2004-08-02 06:40:00 I had a similar problem once with a faulty stick of RAM - mem test helped narrow down the problem
hcidesign.com :)
KatiMike (242)
257250 2004-08-02 13:05:00 I had a similar problem with XP. It turned out to be something to do with the "Sygate" fire wall. I changed the firewall for "Zone Alarm" & have never had any trouble since. Mzee (158)
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