Okay, this problem is driving me crazy. Ever since I reinstalled Windows on my machine (after it crashed completely), I've had this problem where my computer freezes or pauses anywhere from a few seconds to up to a minute, then continues normally.
This does not seem to happen according to any particular pattern. I'll be playing video clips on my computer using Windows Media Player, after I close one clip I'll double-click on another one in Explorer, and nothing will happen. It's frozen. I am usually still able to move between windows that I have open already, but if I try to run any new programs, nothing will happen, or at most, the program's splash screen will display but nothing else. Then I wait a for a bit, and everything will happen all at once - all the programs that I clicked on load immediately, or whatever.
Or I'll be surfing the net, and I'll need to open up another copy of IE - I'll click on the IE button, and nothing will happen. Frozen again. During this time web pages will hang as well - pages will not load, they will just sit there. After a few moments, the new IE will pop up and web pages will load, etc.
If I hit Ctrl-Alt-Del while this is going on, it sometimes will say that one or more programs are not responding - usually Explorer, Exploring C: (if I have explorer open), and Microsoft Internet Explorer. However, after I wait, they will start "responding" again and the "not responding" designation will disappear.
I originally thought this may be a virus (I've noticed that for some reason, my computer occasionally reads my a. But my virus software is completely up-to-date. I also came across an explanation that said it could be some program that is taking up all my system resources. However, I have tried shutting down various programs in the task manager with no change, and I have also tried keeping a copy of the "System Properties - Performance" window open, to see if something was gobbling up all my RAM when this happened, but there is no change.
Any help you can give me on this one would be most appreciated. Like I said, I'm running Windows 98 (with the latest service packs installed), my system is an AMD Athlon 1 Ghz with 512 Mb DDR RAM. Any other details you'd like to know just ask and I'll post them up.
Regards,
-Adrian
This does not seem to happen according to any particular pattern. I'll be playing video clips on my computer using Windows Media Player, after I close one clip I'll double-click on another one in Explorer, and nothing will happen. It's frozen. I am usually still able to move between windows that I have open already, but if I try to run any new programs, nothing will happen, or at most, the program's splash screen will display but nothing else. Then I wait a for a bit, and everything will happen all at once - all the programs that I clicked on load immediately, or whatever.
Or I'll be surfing the net, and I'll need to open up another copy of IE - I'll click on the IE button, and nothing will happen. Frozen again. During this time web pages will hang as well - pages will not load, they will just sit there. After a few moments, the new IE will pop up and web pages will load, etc.
If I hit Ctrl-Alt-Del while this is going on, it sometimes will say that one or more programs are not responding - usually Explorer, Exploring C: (if I have explorer open), and Microsoft Internet Explorer. However, after I wait, they will start "responding" again and the "not responding" designation will disappear.
I originally thought this may be a virus (I've noticed that for some reason, my computer occasionally reads my a. But my virus software is completely up-to-date. I also came across an explanation that said it could be some program that is taking up all my system resources. However, I have tried shutting down various programs in the task manager with no change, and I have also tried keeping a copy of the "System Properties - Performance" window open, to see if something was gobbling up all my RAM when this happened, but there is no change.
Any help you can give me on this one would be most appreciated. Like I said, I'm running Windows 98 (with the latest service packs installed), my system is an AMD Athlon 1 Ghz with 512 Mb DDR RAM. Any other details you'd like to know just ask and I'll post them up.
Regards,
-Adrian