Re: Windows stop opening - Resource leak or virus?
Mick
How much RAM memory?
Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?
What is your CPU processor speed?
Do you leave your computer on 24/7?
Open Disk Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and
click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents
Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as it
is more informative.
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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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