"" "" Not Responding

You know when you go to shut down Windows and sometimes a dialogue box pops up and says, This program is not responding or is waiting for a response from you..." and then at the bottom, you can choose to "End Task" "Wait" or "Cancel". Well, the program in which this dialogue box refers to is written in the bar at the top of the window. However, I have encountered times when there is no program written there...it's blank! So, I have no idea what program is not responding and my computer freezes up until I get the blue screen that says, "The system is busy or has become unstabe..." and then I have to Ctrl Alt Del to restart Windows.

Does anyone know what program this dialogue box refers to? Thanks in advance.
--
I'm stuck inside this thing!

No. Does it happen often? Close all apps yourself, before you shut down.
Does it still happen? Perhaps, examine you Startup Group...

First pick one of these to identify what loads at boot. Next, see
whether there is an option in it's menus to disable it from starting up.
If you really want to rid yourself of it on a more permanent basis, then
look for it in "Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs". However, it isn't
often easy to know what is what in there. One of these URL's may say.
Only last, go to StartUpCop.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q137367
Startup Items
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q179/3/65.asp
Startup Group
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q282107 Startup
http://aumha.org/a/loads.htm
http://users.westelcom.com/rogersr/clean.htm
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/sheppard.p/startup.htm
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Taskl...tasklist_a.htm
http://www.djbdesigns.com/wtvzone/startup.html
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.htm
http://www.sysinfo.org/startupinfo.php
http://www2.cajun.net/~theriots/blk/start.htm
http://www2.whidbey.com/djdenham/Uncheck.htm
http://www.3feetunder.com/krick/startup/list.html

http://www.pcmag.com/ 's StartUpCop has "undo", and it is more than a
combination of "START, Run, MSInfo32, Software Environment, Startup
Programs" and "START, Run, MSConfig, Startup tab". It can even do a
permanent delete. Of course, first see whether the app has an option in
it's own menus to remove itself from the Startup Group. This is
configurable, and one may maintain multiple configurations.

Update definitions & check for viruses, and...
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot
http://patrick.kolla.de/spybotsd.html SpyBot- Search & Destroy. SpyBot
is gabby in it's "Checks" & "Fixes" logs. Turn them off in "Settings".
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ AdAware
http://www.lavasoftusa.de/ Also AdAware
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html CoolWebSearch Chronicles
http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip & CWShredder
http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip Finally, Hijack This
http://aumha.org/a/hjttutor.htm
Hijack This Logs Tutorial-- MUST read!
....may find something. (Actually, they certainly will.)

.......Quote..........................
Download and run Hijack This, but don't remove anything with it yet:
http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip
Follow the instructions at this Tutorial:
http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/
to save the log files and paste them into a new post at one of these
forums:
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showforum=11
http://www.net-integration.net/cgi-b.../ikonboard.cgi
http://tomcoyote.org/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=4&t=499

--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
....End of quote..............


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Paradoxdb3" wrote in message
...
| You know when you go to shut down Windows and sometimes a dialogue box
pops up and says, This program is not responding or is waiting for a
response from you..." and then at the bottom, you can choose to "End
Task" "Wait" or "Cancel". Well, the program in which this dialogue box
refers to is written in the bar at the top of the window. However, I
have encountered times when there is no program written there...it's
blank! So, I have no idea what program is not responding and my
computer freezes up until I get the blue screen that says, "The system
is busy or has become unstabe..." and then I have to Ctrl Alt Del to
restart Windows.
|
| Does anyone know what program this dialogue box refers to? Thanks in
advance.
| --
| I'm stuck inside this thing!

Here's the funny thing...it only seems to do this when I come here to this site. I'm wondering whether it has something to do with Java? Whwn I close my Internet Explorer, it stays running in the back ground, and when I "End Task" then this dialogue box comes up that does not say what program is not responding. It's wierd...but only when I come here (that I've noticed so far).
--
I'm stuck inside this thing!


"PCR" wrote:

No. Does it happen often? Close all apps yourself, before you shut down.
Does it still happen? Perhaps, examine you Startup Group...

First pick one of these to identify what loads at boot. Next, see
whether there is an option in it's menus to disable it from starting up.
If you really want to rid yourself of it on a more permanent basis, then
look for it in "Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs". However, it isn't
often easy to know what is what in there. One of these URL's may say.
Only last, go to StartUpCop.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q137367
Startup Items
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q179/3/65.asp
Startup Group
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q282107 Startup
http://aumha.org/a/loads.htm
http://users.westelcom.com/rogersr/clean.htm
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/sheppard.p/startup.htm
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Taskl...tasklist_a.htm
http://www.djbdesigns.com/wtvzone/startup.html
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.htm
http://www.sysinfo.org/startupinfo.php
http://www2.cajun.net/~theriots/blk/start.htm
http://www2.whidbey.com/djdenham/Uncheck.htm
http://www.3feetunder.com/krick/startup/list.html

http://www.pcmag.com/ 's StartUpCop has "undo", and it is more than a
combination of "START, Run, MSInfo32, Software Environment, Startup
Programs" and "START, Run, MSConfig, Startup tab". It can even do a
permanent delete. Of course, first see whether the app has an option in
it's own menus to remove itself from the Startup Group. This is
configurable, and one may maintain multiple configurations.

Update definitions & check for viruses, and...
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot
http://patrick.kolla.de/spybotsd.html SpyBot- Search & Destroy. SpyBot
is gabby in it's "Checks" & "Fixes" logs. Turn them off in "Settings".
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ AdAware
http://www.lavasoftusa.de/ Also AdAware
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html CoolWebSearch Chronicles
http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip & CWShredder
http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip Finally, Hijack This
http://aumha.org/a/hjttutor.htm
Hijack This Logs Tutorial-- MUST read!
....may find something. (Actually, they certainly will.)

.......Quote..........................
Download and run Hijack This, but don't remove anything with it yet:
http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip
Follow the instructions at this Tutorial:
http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/
to save the log files and paste them into a new post at one of these
forums:
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showforum=11
http://www.net-integration.net/cgi-b.../ikonboard.cgi
http://tomcoyote.org/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=4&t=499

--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
....End of quote..............


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Paradoxdb3" wrote in message
...
| You know when you go to shut down Windows and sometimes a dialogue box
pops up and says, This program is not responding or is waiting for a
response from you..." and then at the bottom, you can choose to "End
Task" "Wait" or "Cancel". Well, the program in which this dialogue box
refers to is written in the bar at the top of the window. However, I
have encountered times when there is no program written there...it's
blank! So, I have no idea what program is not responding and my
computer freezes up until I get the blue screen that says, "The system
is busy or has become unstabe..." and then I have to Ctrl Alt Del to
restart Windows.
|
| Does anyone know what program this dialogue box refers to? Thanks in
advance.
| --
| I'm stuck inside this thing!

Java! I don't know! Is it mentioned anywhere?

Well, I do not access this NG through the CDO interface as you do. I am
here through Outlook Express. One thing: When I am ready to shut down, I
shut OE first-- or crash--, & it could take a full 15 seconds to shut
OE.

Shut IE, & wait for it's button to disappear from the Taskbar, before
you try to shut down. Don't hit Ctrl-Alt-Del before it's gone, because
everything is suspended while that box is open. Once it's gone from the
Taskbar, does it still show at Ctrl-Alt-Del? What is the wording in
there? For instance, opened to...
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
....I see "Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File". But that one
disappears quickly, when IE is closed.

Perhaps...
"START, Run, MSInfo32, Tools menu, IE Repair Tool"
It produces a rather large "Fix IE Log.txt" in C:\Windows. IE & E
are basically one & the same. If this crashes, an over-install of IE is
indicated.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Paradoxdb3" wrote in message
...
| Here's the funny thing...it only seems to do this when I come here to
this site. I'm wondering whether it has something to do with Java?
Whwn I close my Internet Explorer, it stays running in the back ground,
and when I "End Task" then this dialogue box comes up that does not say
what program is not responding. It's wierd...but only when I come here
(that I've noticed so far).
| --
| I'm stuck inside this thing!
|
|
| "PCR" wrote:
|
| No. Does it happen often? Close all apps yourself, before you shut
down.
| Does it still happen? Perhaps, examine you Startup Group...
|
| First pick one of these to identify what loads at boot. Next, see
| whether there is an option in it's menus to disable it from starting
up.
| If you really want to rid yourself of it on a more permanent basis,
then
| look for it in "Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs". However, it
isn't
| often easy to know what is what in there. One of these URL's may
say.
| Only last, go to StartUpCop.
|
| http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q137367
| Startup Items
| http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q179/3/65.asp
| Startup Group
| http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q282107
Startup
| http://aumha.org/a/loads.htm
| http://users.westelcom.com/rogersr/clean.htm
| http://web.ukonline.co.uk/sheppard.p/startup.htm
| http://www.answersthatwork.com/Taskl...tasklist_a.htm
| http://www.djbdesigns.com/wtvzone/startup.html
| http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
| http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.htm
| http://www.sysinfo.org/startupinfo.php
| http://www2.cajun.net/~theriots/blk/start.htm
| http://www2.whidbey.com/djdenham/Uncheck.htm
| http://www.3feetunder.com/krick/startup/list.html
|
| http://www.pcmag.com/ 's StartUpCop has "undo", and it is more than
a
| combination of "START, Run, MSInfo32, Software Environment, Startup
| Programs" and "START, Run, MSConfig, Startup tab". It can even do a
| permanent delete. Of course, first see whether the app has an option
in
| it's own menus to remove itself from the Startup Group. This is
| configurable, and one may maintain multiple configurations.
|
| Update definitions & check for viruses, and...
| http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
| http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
| http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot
| http://patrick.kolla.de/spybotsd.html SpyBot- Search & Destroy.
SpyBot
| is gabby in it's "Checks" & "Fixes" logs. Turn them off in
"Settings".
| http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ AdAware
| http://www.lavasoftusa.de/ Also AdAware
| http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html CoolWebSearch Chronicles
| http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip & CWShredder
| http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip Finally, Hijack This
| http://aumha.org/a/hjttutor.htm
| Hijack This Logs Tutorial-- MUST read!
| ....may find something. (Actually, they certainly will.)
|
| .......Quote..........................
| Download and run Hijack This, but don't remove anything with it yet:
| http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip
| Follow the instructions at this Tutorial:
| http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/
| to save the log files and paste them into a new post at one of these
| forums:
| http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showforum=11
| http://www.net-integration.net/cgi-b.../ikonboard.cgi
| http://tomcoyote.org/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=4&t=499
|
| --
| Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
| http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
| ....End of quote..............
|
|
| --
| Thanks or Good Luck,
| There may be humor in this post, and,
| Naturally, you will not sue,
| should things get worse after this,
| PCR
|
| "Paradoxdb3" wrote in message
| ...
| | You know when you go to shut down Windows and sometimes a dialogue
box
| pops up and says, This program is not responding or is waiting for a
| response from you..." and then at the bottom, you can choose to "End
| Task" "Wait" or "Cancel". Well, the program in which this dialogue
box
| refers to is written in the bar at the top of the window. However,
I
| have encountered times when there is no program written there...it's
| blank! So, I have no idea what program is not responding and my
| computer freezes up until I get the blue screen that says, "The
system
| is busy or has become unstabe..." and then I have to Ctrl Alt Del to
| restart Windows.
| |
| | Does anyone know what program this dialogue box refers to? Thanks
in
| advance.
| | --
| | I'm stuck inside this thing!
|
|
|