XP & IE possible quirk

This has happened since my reinstall of XP pro:
whenever I have several browsers open at the same time and am switching back and forth, or there are several items in my taskbar, XP sometimes locks up for a second or two... almost like the processor can't cope or something... But I know it can, as I have had about 14 objects or more open at the same time and it never missed a beat before....
ANyone have any clue about what is going on? It only happens when I am switching back and forth between windows, broswers, or programs... it's very strange.
BB

video card? i get similar crap and my card dates back to win 98.

Have you installed any of those IE cumulative patches?
I used to get screen freezes after installing those.

I reformatted a couple of weeks ago and decided not to install the cumulative patches.Instead,I installed all the IE updates,via "windows update",individually, and so far no problems.

Did you install the Service Pack?

Installed all MS updates, video card works great, been gaming with MOHAA for about 4 hours at a time, never a hitch. I have installed service pack 1 yet Conan, I am waiting for the official deal.
Any more ideas are most welcomed.
BB

I might be stateing the obvious here but have you checked to see if you need to defrag the HDD? I found my HDD in sad shape after the XP Pro install..........:D

defrag is set to run every night at 4:00am.
BUt I will try a manual defrag just to double check, thanks for the idea. Any more are welcomed.
BB

Multiple browsers equals shared .dll files and the like. You have heard of frames per second (FPS), right. Even the best video cards that execute fast frame cycles can become overburdened. The only cure is obtain a video card with 5 fps or less. Unfortunately, 4.5 fps is a special order even with top name brand manufacturers, and the price tag is hardly justified. Add about $100.00 per second to achieve 4.5 or less.

The thing is it never did this before. I can never recall it happening nor so often. Now it happens about 1 or 2 every hour...
I dunt know... Maybe I need to tweak my Hardware a bit.
BB

something similar to this happens to me also...

if someone has any suggestions i would love to hear it :)

Thanks,
Blackwar

Are you still using IAA23? Seems to me that this might be one of the things that happened to me when I used IAA23. I am using IAA22 at this time and it is working well for me........

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Are you still using IAA23? Seems to me that this might be one of the things that happened to me when I used IAA23. I am using IAA22 at this time and it is working well for me........

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hrmm.. i'm not using any IAA at this time, didn't really get around installing it since my last format.. :rolleyes:

Blackwar

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Originally posted by Blackwar


hrmm.. i'm not using any IAA at this time, didn't really get around installing it since my last format.. :rolleyes:

Blackwar

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If you are not you might want to try it Blackwar. BB has a post up on IAA23 and I have done some experimenting with it. I had issues that are similar to what this post is about. IAA22 works best for me.............

It did it before I installed the IAA. I thought installing IAA would help fix it, which it helped but it still does it....
I dont know what is wrong...
BB

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Originally posted by Tinker


If you are not you might want to try it Blackwar. BB has a post up on IAA23 and I have done some experimenting with it. I had issues that are similar to what this post is about. IAA22 works best for me.............

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Just installed IAA, lets see if this helps :)
Thanks Tinker ;)

Blackwar

I think i just figured out what it is...
if you have the "Set it and forget it" option on in Diskeeper, this will defrag your computer every now and then, even while you are using it...

I noticed that while this is starting, this "freezing" appears to happen for about 4-5 seconds..

I tried turning it off, and it hasn't happened in a while, lets see how it goes :)

hope this helps,
Blackwar

That may be it. I too have diskeeper installed and it may cause it. As soon as I return home I shall have a go with it.
Thanks for the idea BW.
Big Booger

It could be your diskeeper B.B, I have smart schedule enabled on mine and it causes my system to freeze for a couple of seconds when the DK engine becomes active.

I do not have DK so it will be interesting to see if that solves the problem since I am seeing some of the same things here...