RE: Windows stop opening - Resource leak or virus?
There may be a couple of reasons for this:
1. Lets start with Microsoft Updates.
Make sure your computer is fully updated with the latest patches and
hotfixes from Microsoft.
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
Go here scan for updates, download them and install them.
Reboot the computer and check whether it makes any difference.
2. Chkdsk
Go to start > run > cmd
In the msdos screen type "chkdsk /f" without Quotes
It will ask you to restart the computer so that it can scan the entire hdd.
Restart the computer and let it scan.
3. Defragment the hdd
Right click My Computer > Manage > Disk Defragmenter
Degragment your hdd. It can take several hours to defragment your hard drive
depening upon your hard disk space.
4. Clean up all the cookies and temporary file
Go to My Computer > right click on the drive where Windows is installed;
usually C drive.
Go to Properties
Click on Disk Cleanup.
check all the options and clean up the clutter.
5. Yes you are right it can be a virus.
UPDATE your antivirus software and run the full system scan and see if there
is any virus which is affecting your computer to run normally.
Hope this helps
"MickLang" wrote:
> Intermittently I'm experiencing problems where windows either stop
> opening or won't display fully, pull down menus and context menu's
> fail to display etc etc. It seems like the OS has run out of gui
> resources.
>
> This is not specific to any program, for example, alt-tab stops
> functioning normally, the window displaying the icons does not appear
> and selecting alt-tab simply switches from one program to the next
> (without waiting for the keyup from the alt-tab).
>
> After closing a window or program, things function normally again,
> however, after a while (20min-hour) the problem occurs again.
> Gradually I end up having to reboot as I am forced to close more and
> more programs until I'm only able to have a few open and it becomes
> unworkable.
>
> I've experienced this problem on Windows XP SP2, Vista both on my
> laptop and now on a desktop PC running Windows XP SP2 at work. I'm
> worried that this may be a virus not being detected by either Windows
> Defender or my work's virus detection solution.
>
> Can anyone help me on this ?
>
> Michael
>