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Problem with freezing mouse, Windows Explorer
Every minute or so, the mouse freezes for anywhere between 1/2 to ten
seconds. I don't know if it's a hardware problem or a software problem, but I really think it's a software problem, and I don't know where to begin looking. In fact, I think it's Windows Explorer, or something tied into it. The reason why I think it's a software problem is because even though Windows Explorer freezes while the mouse freezes, some other programs do not. For instance, I might be playing a game, such as, say, the Unreal Tournament 2004 Demo, and the mouse will just hang, while the action continues. I can use the keys and keep running around, but I can't change the direction I'm facing or fire my weapon because the mouse is busy freezing for a few seconds. No change in frame rate. Just frozen mouse. The mouse cable is fine. It is the weirdest thing, only just started happening in the last few weeks, and no, I don't remember any obvious installations I've done. (Obviously this is caused by an installation or configuration change, I just don't know what.) I suppose it could also be a hardware problem, such as an IDE drive problem perhaps, because Explorer is tied into those devices and it does freeze if it can't read a drive. But my drives generally seem to be working fine. Might my mapped drives over the network cause such this kind of problem? Help? Any ideas? Jon |
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Open task manager, processes tab. When it "freezes" look in task manager and
see what using all the cpu cycles. Then kill the process and uninstall the program if you can or post back what it is. Also do a virus scan and spyware check. Jon Davis wrote: Every minute or so, the mouse freezes for anywhere between 1/2 to ten seconds. I don't know if it's a hardware problem or a software problem, but I really think it's a software problem, and I don't know where to begin looking. In fact, I think it's Windows Explorer, or something tied into it. The reason why I think it's a software problem is because even though Windows Explorer freezes while the mouse freezes, some other programs do not. For instance, I might be playing a game, such as, say, the Unreal Tournament 2004 Demo, and the mouse will just hang, while the action continues. I can use the keys and keep running around, but I can't change the direction I'm facing or fire my weapon because the mouse is busy freezing for a few seconds. No change in frame rate. Just frozen mouse. The mouse cable is fine. It is the weirdest thing, only just started happening in the last few weeks, and no, I don't remember any obvious installations I've done. (Obviously this is caused by an installation or configuration change, I just don't know what.) I suppose it could also be a hardware problem, such as an IDE drive problem perhaps, because Explorer is tied into those devices and it does freeze if it can't read a drive. But my drives generally seem to be working fine. Might my mapped drives over the network cause such this kind of problem? Help? Any ideas? Jon |
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I've done that already. It never shows up because Task Manager freezes, too,
and when it unfreezes the process that did the freezing is no longer showing. Explorer does come up to the top, though. Can't uninstall that. Jon "Phil (a.k.a. purplehaz)" wrote in message ... Open task manager, processes tab. When it "freezes" look in task manager and see what using all the cpu cycles. Then kill the process and uninstall the program if you can or post back what it is. Also do a virus scan and spyware check. Jon Davis wrote: Every minute or so, the mouse freezes for anywhere between 1/2 to ten seconds. I don't know if it's a hardware problem or a software problem, but I really think it's a software problem, and I don't know where to begin looking. In fact, I think it's Windows Explorer, or something tied into it. The reason why I think it's a software problem is because even though Windows Explorer freezes while the mouse freezes, some other programs do not. For instance, I might be playing a game, such as, say, the Unreal Tournament 2004 Demo, and the mouse will just hang, while the action continues. I can use the keys and keep running around, but I can't change the direction I'm facing or fire my weapon because the mouse is busy freezing for a few seconds. No change in frame rate. Just frozen mouse. The mouse cable is fine. It is the weirdest thing, only just started happening in the last few weeks, and no, I don't remember any obvious installations I've done. (Obviously this is caused by an installation or configuration change, I just don't know what.) I suppose it could also be a hardware problem, such as an IDE drive problem perhaps, because Explorer is tied into those devices and it does freeze if it can't read a drive. But my drives generally seem to be working fine. Might my mapped drives over the network cause such this kind of problem? Help? Any ideas? Jon |
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You'll probably have to start stutting things down in task manager one by
one to try and figure out what program is causing the freeze ups. Jon Davis wrote: I've done that already. It never shows up because Task Manager freezes, too, and when it unfreezes the process that did the freezing is no longer showing. Explorer does come up to the top, though. Can't uninstall that. Jon "Phil (a.k.a. purplehaz)" wrote in message ... Open task manager, processes tab. When it "freezes" look in task manager and see what using all the cpu cycles. Then kill the process and uninstall the program if you can or post back what it is. Also do a virus scan and spyware check. Jon Davis wrote: Every minute or so, the mouse freezes for anywhere between 1/2 to ten seconds. I don't know if it's a hardware problem or a software problem, but I really think it's a software problem, and I don't know where to begin looking. In fact, I think it's Windows Explorer, or something tied into it. The reason why I think it's a software problem is because even though Windows Explorer freezes while the mouse freezes, some other programs do not. For instance, I might be playing a game, such as, say, the Unreal Tournament 2004 Demo, and the mouse will just hang, while the action continues. I can use the keys and keep running around, but I can't change the direction I'm facing or fire my weapon because the mouse is busy freezing for a few seconds. No change in frame rate. Just frozen mouse. The mouse cable is fine. It is the weirdest thing, only just started happening in the last few weeks, and no, I don't remember any obvious installations I've done. (Obviously this is caused by an installation or configuration change, I just don't know what.) I suppose it could also be a hardware problem, such as an IDE drive problem perhaps, because Explorer is tied into those devices and it does freeze if it can't read a drive. But my drives generally seem to be working fine. Might my mapped drives over the network cause such this kind of problem? Help? Any ideas? Jon |
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