Windows XP Explorer hangs, everything freezes up, task manager releases it

[rita]

I have a pc with the strangest problem. For some unknown
reason Windows Explorer will hang and every open window
becomes frozen and the only thing that seems to release
them is opening task manager. I have reinstalled xp and
the problem isn't so obvious at first, but seems to
reoccur.
Also, now the desktop can not be configured to let the
user move icons around on it. They just snap back into
place.
Is there a way to reinstall windows explorer or is this a
different issue that I am not catching?
Thanks for any and all input.
Rita

[Joe Sanchez]

Hi rita,
My chance to you mean Internet Explorer?
if so you can download it from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=1e1550cb-5e5d-48f5-b02b-20b602228de6
If I'm mistaken about your problem please post again.

As for the Icons: Right click on the desktop "Select Arrange Icons By"- Make
sure the check mark is removed on Align to Grid.

--
Hope This Helps

Joe Sanchez
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"rita" > wrote in message
...
> I have a pc with the strangest problem. For some unknown
> reason Windows Explorer will hang and every open window
> becomes frozen and the only thing that seems to release
> them is opening task manager. I have reinstalled xp and
> the problem isn't so obvious at first, but seems to
> reoccur.
> Also, now the desktop can not be configured to let the
> user move icons around on it. They just snap back into
> place.
> Is there a way to reinstall windows explorer or is this a
> different issue that I am not catching?
> Thanks for any and all input.
> Rita

[rita]

Hi Joe,

Thanks for the reply. No I actually did mean Windows
Explorer.
I have discovered after another reinstall of Windows XP
and then an install of critical updates that it was
actually the critical updates that makes this problem
occur with the desktop icons being unmoveable. No matter
what settings you try the icons can not be moved.

So I did a restore to the point before installing the
critical updates and I'm to the point of now installing
the critical updates one at a time and rebooting after
each to see if I can detect the culprit.

This is just weird!
Thanks,
rita
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi rita,
>My chance to you mean Internet Explorer?
>if so you can download it from:
>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?
displaylang=en&familyid=1e1550cb-5e5d-48f5-b02b-
20b602228de6
>If I'm mistaken about your problem please post again.
>
>As for the Icons: Right click on the desktop "Select
Arrange Icons By"- Make
>sure the check mark is removed on Align to Grid.
>
>--
>Hope This Helps
>
>Joe Sanchez
>-
>"rita" > wrote in
message
...
>> I have a pc with the strangest problem. For some
unknown
>> reason Windows Explorer will hang and every open window
>> becomes frozen and the only thing that seems to release
>> them is opening task manager. I have reinstalled xp
and
>> the problem isn't so obvious at first, but seems to
>> reoccur.
>> Also, now the desktop can not be configured to let the
>> user move icons around on it. They just snap back into
>> place.
>> Is there a way to reinstall windows explorer or is
this a
>> different issue that I am not catching?
>> Thanks for any and all input.
>> Rita
>
>
>.
>

[Joe Sanchez]

Hi Rita,
Great troubleshooting on your part.
Let me know that download is the culprit.

--
Hope This Helps

Joe Sanchez
-
"rita" > wrote in message
...
> Hi Joe,
>
> Thanks for the reply. No I actually did mean Windows
> Explorer.
> I have discovered after another reinstall of Windows XP
> and then an install of critical updates that it was
> actually the critical updates that makes this problem
> occur with the desktop icons being unmoveable. No matter
> what settings you try the icons can not be moved.
>
> So I did a restore to the point before installing the
> critical updates and I'm to the point of now installing
> the critical updates one at a time and rebooting after
> each to see if I can detect the culprit.
>
> This is just weird!
> Thanks,
> rita
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi rita,
> >My chance to you mean Internet Explorer?
> >if so you can download it from:
> >http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?
> displaylang=en&familyid=1e1550cb-5e5d-48f5-b02b-
> 20b602228de6
> >If I'm mistaken about your problem please post again.
> >
> >As for the Icons: Right click on the desktop "Select
> Arrange Icons By"- Make
> >sure the check mark is removed on Align to Grid.
> >
> >--
> >Hope This Helps
> >
> >Joe Sanchez
> >-
> >"rita" > wrote in
> message
> ...
> >> I have a pc with the strangest problem. For some
> unknown
> >> reason Windows Explorer will hang and every open window
> >> becomes frozen and the only thing that seems to release
> >> them is opening task manager. I have reinstalled xp
> and
> >> the problem isn't so obvious at first, but seems to
> >> reoccur.
> >> Also, now the desktop can not be configured to let the
> >> user move icons around on it. They just snap back into
> >> place.
> >> Is there a way to reinstall windows explorer or is
> this a
> >> different issue that I am not catching?
> >> Thanks for any and all input.
> >> Rita
> >
> >
> >.
> >