My Computer Not Responding
My computer not responding is an error message most users get now and then and still cannot immediately fathom the reasons. The user could be on Windows XP and when the user right clicks on a drive in the computer or enters Ctl-Alt-Del, the Task Manager indicates that the computer is not working properly and therefore displays a my computer not responding error message.
It is advisable to check with the News Group of Microsoft to check this problem out. The user might have been using Spy Sweeper, AVG, Ad-Ware, and Xoftspy for quite awhile without experiencing any problems. After confirming that the machine either has software or hardware problem, the next step would be to remove all the problematic software, run all the spyware, defrag and start in the safe mode. When one is through and is still on this mode, drive icons will quickly show up as well as the classic.
It is possible to experience problems when users get the computer not responding message in different odd ways. A user can experience a situation whereby he can browse different folders and files but once he accesses “My Computer”, the window used to access it ceases to respond. The problem may be strange considering nothing like new installations could have triggered it. Another way to get rid of the my computer not responding error is starting the computer on safe mode. The best assumption is that windows explorer operates better on safe mode hence the problem must be triggered by something else which uses the normal mode to load.
With a machine that is dual boot, and both operating systems are XP one could be used for recording and working on music, no connection to the internet or running updates, while the other one is used to do anything else. The latter operating system freezes occasionally when attempting to access “My Computer” or a hard drive. It also freezes when trying to shut down windows. Each time it freezes, users should visit the Task Manager and reset the machine. After rebooting, the machine should go back to normal.
When the machine locks up and users enter ctl-alt-del, they find the windows explorer is unresponsive hence requiring a reboot. If the locking up is consistent, users can try to install and run AVG, Adaware, track eraser and cwshredder. Other options are rebooting to the safe mode and running SFC. Users can reboot to dos mode or resort to reformatting the hard drive and reinstalling windows 98.
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