Hung Apps

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Hi,

I mentioned in the .general group that you may have interference from a
background application. This might be in the form of spy or ad programs as
well. These can help you eliminate that possibility:

Adaware www.lavasoft.de
Spybot www.safer-networking.org

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"digital686" <digital686@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C0EA95A9-93B3-4D1F-9112-F454BB1FF9B2@microsoft.com...
>I have 3 applications that are freezing up my system. They are dvd shrink,
> firefox, and command and conquer. My os is winxp sp2 and all the
> apps/games
> in question have the latest updates as do my video and soundcard. When i
> look in event viewer i see the following:
>
> Hanging application firefox.exe, version 1.0.1.0, hang module hungapp,
> version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000.
>
> Hanging application PowerDVD.exe, version 4.0.0.2417, hang module hungapp,
> version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000.
>
> Faulting application , version 0.0.0.0, faulting module unknown, version
> 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000.
>
> What is obvious here is that they are all hanging at the same fault
> address.
> What is not obvious, at leat to me anywho, is why. Any suggestions would
> be
> greatly appreciated.
>