Windows acting weird shortly after start-up

[Milennin]

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.

 

[Milennin]

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?

 

[koolkat77]

on your task manager select the "show processes from all users" and post a screen shot http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html

 

[Milennin]

Yup, sure. I know it's a long list... not sure if that's bad. Or how to make it shorter.

 

[koolkat77]

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

 

[seavixen32]

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.

 

[Milennin]

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.

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.