----- roger wrote: -----

Hi Esteban,

On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 13:11:03 -0700, "Esteban R."
wrote:

Hi.
Sometimes after using the computer for a while, or sometimes soon after I strat it up; I owuld try to open IE, dreamweaver, etc, any kind of program but none will come up; if I try openning the Task Manager, the green square will appear in the taskba
r but not in the desktop. When this occur, i can still shut down the computer normally (sort of).
This use to happen every once in a while, now is every day.
Help will be most welcome! thanks.

Perform an online scan for viruses with one of the following:
Trend Micro HouseCall:
http://housecall.antivirus.com/pc_housecall/

Panda Active Scan:
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan/

RAV AntiVirus Online Virus Scan
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/

BitDefender Free Online Virus Scan
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/license.php

Perform a scan for malware using updated versions of ad-aware and
spybot

Ad-aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

Spybot S&D
http://www.safer-networking.org/inde...&page=download

Good luck

Roger,

I am having a similar problem, however, my computer will not open IExplorer at all. I have tried several ways of getting this program to open but am unable to accomplish it. I am able to connect to the internet because my MSN IM still connects and m
y network tray icon says that I am connected. The problem just appeared out of nowhere one day about an hour after I was using it normally. Now all that happens when I try to open these things is that the hour glass appears for a few seconds but nothing
else happens. When I try opening the control panel, the desktop disappears for a second then reappears without any change. Please let me know if there is anyway of fixing this problem or at least connecting to the internet to try the above solutions.

Thanks, Kim M.