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More info?)
Wes,
I requested a driver update through the device manager and one was loaded.
The control panel has improved but I can still force the problem. Now when I
reboot (just to get a known starting point) and launch control panel the
first time I double click on an icon (in this instance I chose add or remove
programs) it works just fine. Also right clicking on the desktop to change
display properties also worked fine.
Then if I close the first control panel app and try to open another one I
get the same symptoms described before. The control panel stops responding
and the control panel application I attempted to launch never comes up. At
this point if I right mouse on the desktop to adjust display settings it too
stops responding as do all items on the task bar, Start Menu included.
Still baffled,
Gordon
"Wesley Vogel" wrote:
> Gordon,
>
> What are you using for Display drivers? Are they the latest version?
>
> Right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menu handlers
>
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm
>
> Right click causes an error and crashes Explorer.exe after installing
> Windows XP SP2?
>
http://www.winxptutor.com/sp2/divxcrash.htm
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
> Wes
>
> In news:C1D08081-D9D1-4FD1-9542-400CBC2D07B0@microsoft.com,
> Gordon Staley <GordonStaley@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> > I looked this KB article over but it doesn't appear to apply to my
> > situation. I didn't see the application they told me to close in the
> > task manager. I checked for the latest update via the Windows Update
> > web site, but was told I was current.
> >
> > While on the site I checked my update history and noticed that there
> > was an update that involved .Net. Given the KB article you listed,
> > it did got me thinking about doing a System Restore. I restored to a
> > point just prior to that update. This was after the XP SP2 update.
> > Sadly, the problem still persists.
> >
> > In another thread to the origianl base note I mentioned another
> > symptom that I was reminded of in all this. When I right click on
> > the desktop to change the display settings the same symptoms occur.
> > The system in all other ways appears to run fine (Outlook, Excel, IE,
> > Word, Messenger, ...) even when Control Panel or Right-click on the
> > desktop seem to be hung.
> >
> > I'm giving consideration to doing a system restore back to a point
> > before XP SP2, but I don't have a great deal of confidence that will
> > solve the problem.
> >
> > Still puzzled,
> > Gordon
> >
> > "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
> >
> >> Control Panel stops responding in Windows XP
> >>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;843551
> >>
> >> --
> >> Hope this helps. Let us know.
> >> Wes
> >>
> >> In news
95FAB64-BAB9-43B3-BC50-836F1111705D@microsoft.com,
> >> Gordon Staley <GordonStaley@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and
> >> pecked:
> >>> Whenever I launch Control Panel it comes up fine, but when I attempt
> >>> to launch an application from an icon within it, Control Panel seems
> >>> to hang (hour glass). I am running XP Pro SP2. I can launch the
> >>> same application (for instance Security Center) from the Start Menu
> >>> and it works fine. Any suggestions?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Gordon Staley
>
>
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