Programs Not Responding

[dan]

Since changing to XP nearly a year ago my computer has
run perfectly well. However recently the system seems to
have become sluggish and task manager often gives the not
responding message when they a program is opened
initially; but, opening task manager seems to start the
program running normally. Can anyone advise me how to
combat this please?

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Dan,

This slowdown *could* be attributed to the installation of a recent update -
Q811493. Check in Add & Remove for it and uninstall it to see if things
improve. Some users have also had a problem with the installation of SP1a,
there is a fix available here:

Windows XP SP1 Heap Algorithm Update for Atypically Large Heap Requests
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=815411

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone -
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"dan" > wrote in message
...
> Since changing to XP nearly a year ago my computer has
> run perfectly well. However recently the system seems to
> have become sluggish and task manager often gives the not
> responding message when they a program is opened
> initially; but, opening task manager seems to start the
> program running normally. Can anyone advise me how to
> combat this please?