Intermittant operation of windows

[John King]

Whichever windows programme I select it's only workable in 2 second bursts.
I have to type this in 2 second bursts.
The top window blue bar turns from blue to grey every 2 seconds and the
cursor disappears during this time.
It makes work nearly impossible.
Please help!

John King

[Rock]

John King wrote:
> Whichever windows programme I select it's only workable in 2 second bursts.
> I have to type this in 2 second bursts.
> The top window blue bar turns from blue to grey every 2 seconds and the
> cursor disappears during this time.
> It makes work nearly impossible.
> Please help!
>
> John King
>
>

There is something running intermittently in the background. Open task
manager by pressing ctrl-alt-del. On the processes tab what is taking
the CPU time when the problem happens?

Have you done a thorough scan for malware using a combination of
programs in safe mode, both for viral and non viral malware?

THE PARASITE FIGHT
Finding, Removing & Protecting Yourself From Scumware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm

Richard Harper’s Guide to Cleaning Pests
http://rgharper.mvps.org/cleanit.htm

Slow Computer
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm

If the system is clear of malware do some clean boot troubleshooting:
How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316434

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

[John King]

Thanks Rock, you hit the nail on the head.
It was iexplore.exe that was causing the problem which I have now removed
and things are stable again.
I run Spybot which had given me a clean bill of health.

John


"Rock" > wrote in message
...
> John King wrote:
>> Whichever windows programme I select it's only workable in 2 second
>> bursts.
>> I have to type this in 2 second bursts.
>> The top window blue bar turns from blue to grey every 2 seconds and the
>> cursor disappears during this time.
>> It makes work nearly impossible.
>> Please help!
>>
>> John King
>
> There is something running intermittently in the background. Open task
> manager by pressing ctrl-alt-del. On the processes tab what is taking the
> CPU time when the problem happens?
>
> Have you done a thorough scan for malware using a combination of programs
> in safe mode, both for viral and non viral malware?
>
> THE PARASITE FIGHT
> Finding, Removing & Protecting Yourself From Scumware
> http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
>
> Richard Harper’s Guide to Cleaning Pests
> http://rgharper.mvps.org/cleanit.htm
>
> Slow Computer
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm
>
> If the system is clear of malware do some clean boot troubleshooting:
> How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560
>
> How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316434
>
> --
> Rock
> MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

[Rock]

John King wrote:

> Thanks Rock, you hit the nail on the head.
> It was iexplore.exe that was causing the problem which I have now removed
> and things are stable again.
> I run Spybot which had given me a clean bill of health.
>
> John

Great, John, glad thinks are working ok now and thanks for posting back.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

[HeyBub]

John King wrote:
> Thanks Rock, you hit the nail on the head.
> It was iexplore.exe that was causing the problem which I have now
> removed and things are stable again.
> I run Spybot which had given me a clean bill of health.
>
> John

Ah, but WHY was iexplore trying to run ?