Re: Windows stop opening - Resource leak or virus?
.... et al. wrote:
> 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 ?
>
> I'm seeing something similar after having worked for a long time -
> having opened and closed a lot of windows, having saved files in newly
> created subfolders in the 'Open ...' dialog-window, et cetera.
> In my case there is a qualifying requirement.
> In my case i only see this when i've done most work under a virtual
> drive-letter created from a folder with the 'Subst' command to shorten
> the paths. So it seems like a leak of some kind when using virtual
> mapped driveletters like that.
I've now had this graphic corruption happen one (1) time without
me having 'Subst' a folder to a driveletter since a previous cold
boot, so i was wrong. It really isn't a prerequisite for me. It
possibly makes it happen sooner/quicker, but it isn't an absolute
requirement.
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