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First right-click in Win Explorer freezes computer
This is XP Home, SP2. I boot up the computer, go into Windows
Explorer. The first time I right-click on anything, everything freezes. Well, I can still mover the cursor around, but it's the hourglass, and I can't do anything. The context menu does not come up. So I have to Ctl_Atl-Del. But after that, everything works fine as long as I don't reboot. So it's just the first right-click in WE after booting. If anyone can suggest what might be wrong, that would be helpful. This has been going on a couple months, and my sense of it is that it started after an Update Tuesday, but I'm not sure about that. Also, is there a way to find out what the error is? |
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First right-click in Win Explorer freezes computer
NB: Computers running WinXP SP2 will NOT be offered any further critical
security updates, Automatic Updates will cease to function, and Windows Update website will not be available after 12 April 2010 until SP3 is installed. HOW TO get a computer running WinXP SP2 fully patched http://groups.google.com/group/micro...66ae41add7dd2b Peabody wrote: This is XP Home, SP2. I boot up the computer, go into Windows Explorer. The first time I right-click on anything, everything freezes. Well, I can still mover the cursor around, but it's the hourglass, and I can't do anything. The context menu does not come up. So I have to Ctl_Atl-Del. But after that, everything works fine as long as I don't reboot. So it's just the first right-click in WE after booting. If anyone can suggest what might be wrong, that would be helpful. This has been going on a couple months, and my sense of it is that it started after an Update Tuesday, but I'm not sure about that. Also, is there a way to find out what the error is? |
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First right-click in Win Explorer freezes computer
You can find the shell extension that is causing the problem
with "ShellExView". Simply disable half the items then test your right-click. Keep halving them until you narrow it down and find the one causing the crash, then disable it. ShellExView ~70 KB (Freeware) Web: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html Download: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.zip Installer: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview_setup.exe Windows 64-Bit: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview-x64.zip ju.c "Peabody" wrote in message ... This is XP Home, SP2. I boot up the computer, go into Windows Explorer. The first time I right-click on anything, everything freezes. Well, I can still mover the cursor around, but it's the hourglass, and I can't do anything. The context menu does not come up. So I have to Ctl_Atl-Del. But after that, everything works fine as long as I don't reboot. So it's just the first right-click in WE after booting. If anyone can suggest what might be wrong, that would be helpful. This has been going on a couple months, and my sense of it is that it started after an Update Tuesday, but I'm not sure about that. Also, is there a way to find out what the error is? |
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(SP2 until 13July2010) First right-click in Win Explorer freezes computer
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
... NB: Computers running WinXP SP2 will NOT be offered any further critical security updates, Automatic Updates will cease to function, and Windows Update website will not be available after 12 April 2010 until SP3 is installed. Hi Robear, The SP2 date has apparently been extended to 13 July 2010. http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?C2=1173 Windows XP Service Pack 2 retires: 7/13/2010 === LOOK === Windows XP Service Pack 3 retires: 4/8/2014 Windows XP extended support ends: 4/8/2014 Microsoft Support Lifecycle Policy FAQ [#19 Service Packs] http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy FWIW. --Richard |
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