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It doesn’t matter what operating system you are using — it can and will freeze on you at times. No OS is invulnerable, including Linux.
Usually a freeze up is tied into a program running on your computer. The computer freezes because the program is accessing the same process as your task bar, for instance. This is most often a shell extension problem. All shell extensions are tied in to Windows Explorer. If the shell stops responding then all of Windows Explorer stops running. This will cause everything to freeze up, including that task bar.
Once in a while, the freeze up can be caused by doing too many things at once. The processor will begin to overheat, and you will freeze up. A reboot will cool down the processor, and allow you to work again. You can visit Lockergnome Forums to find a few utilities that will help you determine and control your system operating temperature, helping again to reduce any lockups caused.
Most often, your computer freezes because the programs running on top of the operating system are causing a problem. It doesn’t matter how much RAM you have, you can only run as much as the operating system will allow you. Whether you’re a novice or expert user, you may be affected by this. Most computers come with a lot of programs pre-installed, all of which like to run in the background. You don’t need all of these starting up when the computer boots up! Learn what programs are on your computer, which ones are necessary to start up with computer boot up, and streamline the rest! Doing this will most likely help stop many of the computer crashes you are experiencing.
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5 Comments
Dhensli
August 2nd, 2007
at 12:19pm
I’d had loads of Explorer slowdowns, hangups and crashes in the last few months, to the point of looking seriously at Mac prices. Vista? No way. When I disconnected a WD external hard drive that subsequently failed, the slowdowns and crashes stopped.
dave
April 13th, 2008
at 7:49am
My problem:
When I’m exploring around in windows explorer; 99% of the time, at some point, I will get multiple copies of the “Desktop” folder, in the left pane.
I can find nothing about it on the internet.
Thanks.
ALbert
April 24th, 2008
at 5:46am
Windows explorer gets “de-registered” somehow, so that when you clink on a normal network drive, it asks what program you want to use to open the drive instead of simply opening the drive in w.Explorer. Some suggested turning off the “browser extension” switch in the control panel, but that doesn’t seem to do the trick. And if you try to manually set explorer through the “file type” mechansim for a drive, it is greyed out. A mystery that is an irritation to those who are “drive location” oriented and expect explorer to open up a drive.
Ajwadh
October 28th, 2008
at 2:28am
hey…um having a a lot of trouble with my pc ….my windows explorer is getting shut down and starting ….this is happening over and over again…i cant find anything related to this. Any help would be appreciated. And yeah, there is this thing at the start up, which is unknown. Name of that file is ‘wvjjsilr’ and the target for this file is rundll32.exe “C:\WINDOWS\system32\wvjjsilr.dll”,b
i’ve deleted that ‘wvjjsilr’ from start up but again its coming up. I dont know how.
I’ve tried deleting the file which is located in system32 but it says that i dont have access to that file…ACCESS DENIED:|
please help me out..
LARRY
November 19th, 2008
at 11:16am
I WAS TOLD THAT SPYHUNTERV.3 HAS TAKEN OVER MY PC FROM MY ISP PROVIDER IS THIS TRUE? CAUSE WHEN I ATTEMPT TO LAUNCH E EXPLORER THE MESSAGE SAYS WINDOWS CANNOT ACESS THE SPECIFIED DEVICE,PATH,OR FILE. YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE APPROPRIATE PERMISSION TO ACCESS THE ITEM. AND THE ONLY WAY I CAN GET TO THE INTERNET IS WAIT UNTILL THE SPYHUNTER V.3 SPY WARE DETECTOR FINISH SCANNING AND ASK ME TO REMOVE THE PROBLEM AND IT GOES TO THE NET. THEN I CLICK UP TOP TO OPEN ANOTHER PAGE AND SO FORTH. WHAT CAN I GET FOR FREE TO HELP ME THANKS LARRY TEXAS