Taskbar hangs

[Rudy Schneider]

I haven't been able to associate it with any particular
program or sequence of events, but my Task Bar
periodically "hangs" for several minutes. The Quick-
Launch icons don't respond to a mouse-over or click, nor
can I navigate to different program windows with the mouse.

After several minutes, things seem to suddenly clear up,
and life is again wonderful. Any help?

[Chris Jackson]

Typically, this is because some process is eating up all of your CPU cycles.
If you open up the task manager, the next time it happens you should be able
to go to the Processes tab and see what process is using up all of your CPU
time. Task Manager, by default, runs with high priority, so unless your
cycles are being eaten by something with real-time priority the task
managers' threads should be scheduled to allow you to view this information.

--
Chris Jackson
Software Engineer
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP
Windows XP Associate Expert
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"Rudy Schneider" > wrote in message
...
> I haven't been able to associate it with any particular
> program or sequence of events, but my Task Bar
> periodically "hangs" for several minutes. The Quick-
> Launch icons don't respond to a mouse-over or click, nor
> can I navigate to different program windows with the mouse.
>
> After several minutes, things seem to suddenly clear up,
> and life is again wonderful. Any help?

[Jeff Hayes]

"Rudy Schneider" > wrote in message
...
> I haven't been able to associate it with any particular
> program or sequence of events, but my Task Bar
> periodically "hangs" for several minutes. The Quick-
> Launch icons don't respond to a mouse-over or click, nor
> can I navigate to different program windows with the mouse.
>
> After several minutes, things seem to suddenly clear up,
> and life is again wonderful. Any help? yes you need two run a Diagnostics
test on your mouse or you can try two trouble shoot the mouse

[Kelly]

Hi Rudy,

Run both of the edits on line 157
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm


"Jeff Hayes" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Rudy Schneider" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I haven't been able to associate it with any particular
> > program or sequence of events, but my Task Bar
> > periodically "hangs" for several minutes. The Quick-
> > Launch icons don't respond to a mouse-over or click, nor
> > can I navigate to different program windows with the mouse.
> >
> > After several minutes, things seem to suddenly clear up,
> > and life is again wonderful. Any help? yes you need two run a
Diagnostics
> test on your mouse or you can try two trouble shoot the mouse
>
>

[Rudy Schneider]

Tried it, nothing looks out of the ordinary, but the
taskbar still won't respond. I actually have to reboot
one or more times before it magically "fixes" itself.

Great work, Bill. I wonder if Linus needs another convert.


>-----Original Message-----
>Typically, this is because some process is eating up all
of your CPU cycles.
>If you open up the task manager, the next time it happens
you should be able
>to go to the Processes tab and see what process is using
up all of your CPU
>time. Task Manager, by default, runs with high priority,
so unless your
>cycles are being eaten by something with real-time
priority the task
>managers' threads should be scheduled to allow you to
view this information.
>
>--
>Chris Jackson
>Software Engineer
>Microsoft MVP - Windows XP
>Windows XP Associate Expert
>--
>"Rudy Schneider" > wrote in message
...
>> I haven't been able to associate it with any particular
>> program or sequence of events, but my Task Bar
>> periodically "hangs" for several minutes. The Quick-
>> Launch icons don't respond to a mouse-over or click, nor
>> can I navigate to different program windows with the
mouse.
>>
>> After several minutes, things seem to suddenly clear up,
>> and life is again wonderful. Any help?
>
>
>.
>

[Rudy Schneider]

>-----Original Message-----
>
>"Rudy Schneider" > wrote in message
...
>> I haven't been able to associate it with any particular
>> program or sequence of events, but my Task Bar
>> periodically "hangs" for several minutes. The Quick-
>> Launch icons don't respond to a mouse-over or click, nor
>> can I navigate to different program windows with the
mouse.
>>
>> After several minutes, things seem to suddenly clear up,
>> and life is again wonderful. Any help? yes you need
two run a Diagnostics
>test on your mouse or you can try two trouble shoot the
mouse
>
>
>.
>the mouse works fine. The operating system just seems to
be out to lunch, 'cuz it won't even acknowledge the
Windows Start key. Task Manager is no help, either. I
sometimes have to reboot one or more times before the
problem "fixes" itself.

[Rudy Schneider]

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Rudy,
>
>Run both of the edits on line 157
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>
>--=20
>All the Best,
>Kelly
>
>MS-MVP Win98/XP
>[AE-Windows=AE XP]
>
>Troubleshooting Windows XP
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
>
>Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm
>
>
>"Jeff Hayes" > wrote in message
...
>>
>> "Rudy Schneider" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > I haven't been able to associate it with any=20
particular
>> > program or sequence of events, but my Task Bar
>> > periodically "hangs" for several minutes. The Quick-
>> > Launch icons don't respond to a mouse-over or click,=20
nor
>> > can I navigate to different program windows with the=20
mouse.
>> >
>> > After several minutes, things seem to suddenly clear=20
up,
>> > and life is again wonderful. Any help? yes you need=20
two run a
>Diagnostics
>> test on your mouse or you can try two trouble shoot the=20
mouse
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>>
>
>.
>Tried both. Did squat.