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dublin17 · 10-21-2004, 07:27 AM

Hi:
Using ME, and am having serious issues w/ computer freezing since yesterday AM. Only seems to happen when Internet Explorer 6 is open and running. I lose the mouse/pointer until I CTRL/ALT/DEL to task manager. Pointer then reappears and I am able to select a "not responding" task. Typically, these include IE windows, Outlook window, CcAPP, and Word/Excel/etc. I can select each task, then End Task, then End Task again. Once all Not Responding tasks have been closed, I am left w/ a blank blue screen and must restart w/ power button.

So the million $ question you may have is what did I do yesterday AM? I searched for all *.tmp files (both hidden and revealed) and deleted them all. This problem surfaced shortly thereafter. And, of course, I emptied the Recycle Bin.

Am running Norton AV, and aside from the same adware threats it has detected for the past 2 months, the system is updated and otherwise clean.

Is there a search I can perform to see what seemingly critical file I deleted yesterday? Any help is greatly appreciated--you've come this far after reading through this diatribe!!

Thanks,
John

10-21-2004, 07:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
dublin17 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2 OS: ME	IE causing freezing?? Hi: Using ME, and am having serious issues w/ computer freezing since yesterday AM. Only seems to happen when Internet Explorer 6 is open and running. I lose the mouse/pointer until I CTRL/ALT/DEL to task manager. Pointer then reappears and I am able to select a "not responding" task. Typically, these include IE windows, Outlook window, CcAPP, and Word/Excel/etc. I can select each task, then End Task, then End Task again. Once all Not Responding tasks have been closed, I am left w/ a blank blue screen and must restart w/ power button. So the million $ question you may have is what did I do yesterday AM? I searched for all *.tmp files (both hidden and revealed) and deleted them all. This problem surfaced shortly thereafter. And, of course, I emptied the Recycle Bin. Am running Norton AV, and aside from the same adware threats it has detected for the past 2 months, the system is updated and otherwise clean. Is there a search I can perform to see what seemingly critical file I deleted yesterday? Any help is greatly appreciated--you've come this far after reading through this diatribe!! Thanks, John