Laptop problem - explorer.exe crashes/freezes - FIXED!
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ran into a similar problem with my desktop recently...I even went as far as completely wiping the hard drive and installing new...didn't help (even the windows install took about 6hrs to complete). Eventually just replaced/upgraded the mobo/ram/cpu and all was fine so one of the 3 was causing the problem...probably the mobo since I've since used the ram in another machine
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Hello everyone, Today I started having a problem with my laptop which more or less makes it completely impossible for me to use it. Explorer.exe (and any other programs as well) freezes and won't allow me to close it/them in any way. The titlebars are still responsive, so I can still move the windows around and minimize them, but not close them. I can't do ANYTHING. I tried opening task manager to see if some cr@p was running, but I couldn't open it! No wait, I could, but it took more than twenty minutes before the window showed up. And nothing suspicious was running, and CPU usage seemed to be normal. Everything is fine in failsafe mode, so I tried doing a couple of system restores from there, but didn't help at all. I am completely lost on this one, and I would really like to get this fixed soon, or I will be facing a really long day at school tomorrow (with good ol' paper and pencil, yay...) :sigh: Thanks in advance. EDIT: The problem has been fixed! I ran a test to check for memory errors and that fixed the problem right away! Woohooo! :-D Thanks to everyone who tried to help, I really appreciate it.
:bob: Kristian Sixhoej Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. - Chili Davis
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modified on Thursday, August 12, 2010 11:04 AM
Kristian Sixhoej wrote:
EDIT: The problem has been fixed! I ran a test to check for memory errors and that fixed the problem right away!
Ram errors or hard drive errors? I'm having trouble understanding how either could be causing your problem.
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
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Kristian Sixhoej wrote:
EDIT: The problem has been fixed! I ran a test to check for memory errors and that fixed the problem right away!
Ram errors or hard drive errors? I'm having trouble understanding how either could be causing your problem.
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
I pressed F8 to get to the boot menu. I actually wanted to boot in safe mode, but then I saw the 'Repair' option in the menu, and from there I got to another menu where I could choose between System Restore, some things I don't remember, and the mentioned test. As far as I understood, it tested the RAM, and said that the results would be shown when I logged on - that didn't happen, but it seems to have fixed the problem.
:bob: Kristian Sixhoej Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. - Chili Davis
My latest tip/trick: Dragging a Borderless Form[^]