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chorleydave:
Simon, it's a bit of a long, drawn-out process, but have you tried going into msconfig - startup and disabling all your startup programs and then re-enabling them one at a time? It would allow you, by a process of elimination, to see if one f the programs running in the background is causing this. I know that disabling things such as anti-virus is risky, but if you are thinking that a reformat may ultimately be necessary, it might be a risk worth taking.
Also, you have only been having this problem since your last reinstall. Another long shot, but I presume you downloaded updates after reinstallation. It couldn't be another case of a latest Windows update or patch causing the problem could it?
chorleydave:
Well, it's 01:30am, can't sleep, sweet FA on the telly, Big Brother is crying out for someone like Jade to return and liven it up, so I've been searching the web. Found this. Although it is ongoing and a resolution still has to be found, you might be interested in this link, Simon.
http://forums.techguy.org/t126393/sa3aaa26b08987eaa98d036ed95846dd4.html
Simon:
Right, that looks like the same problem, thanks Dave. It's a long thread, so I'll have to read it all later, as I'm out most of the day today, but it certainly looks like a problem with Explorer.exe. The trouble with processes of elimination is, of course, what they have all found, it's very hit and miss, as the event is so random, and sometimes does not occur for days.
Simon:
Well, I've read through that thread, but as you said, Dave, no one seems to have fully resolved it do they?
The strange thing to me is that this has only started happening following the re-installation of XP. I've got all the patches and updates, and the programs on here now are the same as I had before the format. I might even hang on until SP2 comes out, and see if that cures it, as the later posts seem to point towards a problem with one of the patches from MS.
Now wouldn't that be surprising! ::)
chorleydave:
The patches issue was the first thing that came to mind, then when I read that thread it didn't surprise me to see that the thread eventually evolved into a patches issue. I never download anything from the Microsoft updates site until at least three months after release, because like their software, MS patches seem to be released in the beta stage and those who do an early download end up as Guinea Pigs.
:tony: Well that's today's attack on Bill done and dusted.
;D ;D ;D ;D
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