Windows acting weird shortly after start-up


  1. Milennin
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    Windows acting weird shortly after start-up


    I start up my PC and minutes after loading the desktop it pretty much freezes. Before it freezes I can just open things like My Documents and stuff and seems to work perfectly fine. After it freezes, clicking anywhere on the taskbar results into some message pop-up that asks if I want to close Explorer (Ok / Cancel)... Clicking anywhere else doesn't do anything. Anything with the keyboard stops working.
    I'm currently in safe-mode which works just fine. Tried the F8 thing to load Windows in previous working state twice, but has no effect.

    Is there anything that could help?

    Also, I can't remember having done anything that I normally don't... except that I un-installed some games I don't play anymore to free up HD space yesterday.
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  3. Milennin
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    Ok, I'm now in normal Windows mode, Firefox is running fine now. But Task Manager fails to work... it's frozen. Clicking anywhere on the taskbar still results in this message:

    The application is not responding. The program may respond again if you wait.

    Do you want to end this process?

    [End Process] [Cancel]
    Cancel only closes the message but solves nothing...

    EDIT: Wow... it suddenly started working again.
    Still, anyone know what causes this to happen?
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  4. koolkat77
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    on your task manager select the "show processes from all users" and post a screen shot Screenshots and Files - Upload and Post in Seven Forums
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  6. Milennin
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    Yup, sure. I know it's a long list... not sure if that's bad. Or how to make it shorter.
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  7. koolkat77
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    Milennin said:
    Yup, sure. I know it's a long list... not sure if that's bad. Or how to make it shorter.
    looks normal. you could try going to event viewer and seeing the list of errors under >custom views>administrative events
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  8. seavixen32
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    You say you unloaded some games to free up hard drive space.

    I'm not certain on the ball-park figure, but as I understand it, once the used space reaches 80% you may have fragmentation issues, which makes the data harder to find.
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  10. Milennin
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    koolkat77 said:
    Milennin said:
    Yup, sure. I know it's a long list... not sure if that's bad. Or how to make it shorter.
    looks normal. you could try going to event viewer and seeing the list of errors under >custom views>administrative events
    Okay, thanks. It seemed like a huge list, so wasn't sure.=p
    And I'll try that suggestion.

    seavixen32 said:
    You say you unloaded some games to free up hard drive space.

    I'm not certain on the ball-park figure, but as I understand it, once the used space reaches 80% you may have fragmentation issues, which makes the data harder to find.
    Yes, I did some de-fragging right after I un-installed them.
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