James Thomson
October 24th 06, 02:37 PM
I'm running XP Home edition SP2, with all current updates, on an HP Pavilion
AMD64 laptop, 1.8GHz, 1Gb RAM.
After a period of time which varies from a couple of hours to a couple of
days, Windows refuses to open new windows for any application. This includes
pop-ups, browser windows, right-click menus, etc. If I close one of my
current windows, I can open the new window, but after a while I run into the
same problem again and am forced to close another window. The number of
windows I can open diminishes to the point at which the computer becomes
useless, and I'm forced to reboot.
I'm not using excessive numbers of windows - say eight to twelve, typically.
The computer is four months old, and has been faultless until a week ago. I
haven't installed new software or hardware in the last month. The hard drive
is defragmented regularly.
I've performed a re-installation of Windows, and that hasn't fixed the
problem.
Any ideas gratefully received.
James Thomson
AMD64 laptop, 1.8GHz, 1Gb RAM.
After a period of time which varies from a couple of hours to a couple of
days, Windows refuses to open new windows for any application. This includes
pop-ups, browser windows, right-click menus, etc. If I close one of my
current windows, I can open the new window, but after a while I run into the
same problem again and am forced to close another window. The number of
windows I can open diminishes to the point at which the computer becomes
useless, and I'm forced to reboot.
I'm not using excessive numbers of windows - say eight to twelve, typically.
The computer is four months old, and has been faultless until a week ago. I
haven't installed new software or hardware in the last month. The hard drive
is defragmented regularly.
I've performed a re-installation of Windows, and that hasn't fixed the
problem.
Any ideas gratefully received.
James Thomson