Re: Control Panel not responding during switch to/from Classic View

[Kelly]

How often do you do this, is the real question?

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"dgibbs4" > wrote in message
...
> There is a hang problem when one does the following :
> Start
> Control Panel
> Switch to classic view (or Switch to Standard View)
> The windows clears the lower left and right sides of the window and the
> folder being displayed
> at the right side of the window intermittently gets updated but the left
> side doesn't get updated
> and the whole window stops responding. After several minutes (1-10) I
> click the X at the upper
> right corner of the Control Panel window and a window pops up telling me
> the program is not responding so I click End Now then the Control Panel
> and Not Responding windows go away
> but the Report Error to Micorsoft pop-up window doesn't appear. Subsequent
> invocation
> of a Control Panel does show the view which I had selected.
>
> Is there a patch/fix for this bug?
>
> THANX
>

[Kelly]

How often do you do this, is the real question?

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"dgibbs4" > wrote in message
...
> There is a hang problem when one does the following :
> Start
> Control Panel
> Switch to classic view (or Switch to Standard View)
> The windows clears the lower left and right sides of the window and the
> folder being displayed
> at the right side of the window intermittently gets updated but the left
> side doesn't get updated
> and the whole window stops responding. After several minutes (1-10) I
> click the X at the upper
> right corner of the Control Panel window and a window pops up telling me
> the program is not responding so I click End Now then the Control Panel
> and Not Responding windows go away
> but the Report Error to Micorsoft pop-up window doesn't appear. Subsequent
> invocation
> of a Control Panel does show the view which I had selected.
>
> Is there a patch/fix for this bug?
>
> THANX
>

[Kelly]

How often do you do this, is the real question?

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"dgibbs4" > wrote in message
...
> There is a hang problem when one does the following :
> Start
> Control Panel
> Switch to classic view (or Switch to Standard View)
> The windows clears the lower left and right sides of the window and the
> folder being displayed
> at the right side of the window intermittently gets updated but the left
> side doesn't get updated
> and the whole window stops responding. After several minutes (1-10) I
> click the X at the upper
> right corner of the Control Panel window and a window pops up telling me
> the program is not responding so I click End Now then the Control Panel
> and Not Responding windows go away
> but the Report Error to Micorsoft pop-up window doesn't appear. Subsequent
> invocation
> of a Control Panel does show the view which I had selected.
>
> Is there a patch/fix for this bug?
>
> THANX
>

[Kelly]

How often do you do this, is the real question?

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Kelly

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2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award

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"dgibbs4" > wrote in message
...
> There is a hang problem when one does the following :
> Start
> Control Panel
> Switch to classic view (or Switch to Standard View)
> The windows clears the lower left and right sides of the window and the
> folder being displayed
> at the right side of the window intermittently gets updated but the left
> side doesn't get updated
> and the whole window stops responding. After several minutes (1-10) I
> click the X at the upper
> right corner of the Control Panel window and a window pops up telling me
> the program is not responding so I click End Now then the Control Panel
> and Not Responding windows go away
> but the Report Error to Micorsoft pop-up window doesn't appear. Subsequent
> invocation
> of a Control Panel does show the view which I had selected.
>
> Is there a patch/fix for this bug?
>
> THANX
>

[Kelly]

> Does your answer imply that Microsoft's software should only work on
> things that
> one does constantly?

No, it doesn't and beings I cannot reproduce it, I will refrain back to my
original question.


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"dgibbs4" > wrote in message
...
>
> I characterized one simple example of a bug with "that type of window"
> hanging.
> I've seen variations. It appears that this is a problem every time one
> chooses to
> switch between classic view and standard. It happens every time. I run
> into it
> about 2 times/week.
>
> Does your answer imply that Microsoft's software should only work on
> things that
> one does constantly? If so that's not even close to the notion that a
> company should
> sell products that work properly!
>
> Do you have any info that would help me?
>
> THANX
>
>
> ----- Kelly wrote: -----
>
> How often do you do this, is the real question?
>
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> All the Best,
> Kelly
>
> Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP
> 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award
>
> Troubleshooting Windows XP
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>
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>
>
> "dgibbs4" > wrote in message
> ...
> > There is a hang problem when one does the following :
> > Start
> > Control Panel
> > Switch to classic view (or Switch to Standard View)
> > The windows clears the lower left and right sides of the window and
> the
> > folder being displayed
> > at the right side of the window intermittently gets updated but the
> left
> > side doesn't get updated
> > and the whole window stops responding. After several minutes (1-10)
> I
> > click the X at the upper
> > right corner of the Control Panel window and a window pops up
> telling me
> > the program is not responding so I click End Now then the Control
> Panel
> > and Not Responding windows go away
> > but the Report Error to Micorsoft pop-up window doesn't appear.
> Subsequent
> > invocation
> > of a Control Panel does show the view which I had selected.
> >> Is there a patch/fix for this bug?
> >> THANX
> >