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  • 02-05-2004 9:36pm
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    Dempsey
    Registered Users Posts: 20,553 ✭✭✭✭


    Basically, when I connect to the internet. All applications become unresponsive for a while ( 3-7 minutes) I can browse through my hard drive and other windows like the recycle bin. I can open control panel but the system and internet properties etc. windows wont open. All the programs and the taskmanger wont open during this period either. I dunno for the life of me why this happens.

    I have windows updated, AVG updated, Ad-aware updated and everything is clean and clear. Anyone any ideas why XP Pro freezes in this odd manner? CPU is under load or anything.


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    BigEejit
    Registered Users Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭BigEejit


    turn off automatic update and try again ...could just be that its downloading the latest patches and hosing up your connection so that nothing else gets any bandwidth ....


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    Dempsey
    Registered Users Posts: 20,553 ✭✭✭✭Dempsey


    Automatic Updating is off. The connection isnt saturated or anything. IE and stuff just are slow to start and its nothing to do with the CP cos its idle. Waiting the processes to load after a bootup is slow too. Drive is defragged, scan disk was done too


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    sausages
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17 ✭sausages


    are you sure its pluged in


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    #5
    hostyle
    Registered Users Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭hostyle


    Set your homepage to about:blank.


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    Dempsey
    Registered Users Posts: 20,553 ✭✭✭✭Dempsey


    I think you are missing the problem. When I connect to the internet the programs that are already running continue to run fine. But starting others is the problem, the mouse changes to the cursor and timer symbol and go back to normal, nothing happens then about 5-10 minutes later they all pop up straight away.

    Another problem, on bootup 25 processes start immediately then it waits around and loads another 10 then I can start doing stuff, its only doing this recently since i updated windows. Drive is Defragged.


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