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newmanfamilyvlogs:

--- Quote from: Gray_Area on March 08, 2011, 03:09:05 pm ---


--- Quote from: ark_ader on March 07, 2011, 07:01:04 pm ---Stick it in the freezer in a baggie.

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Hah

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No. Seriously.
http://www.datarecoverypros.com/hard-drive-recovery-freeze.html

Howard_Casto:

--- Quote from: Gray_Area on March 05, 2011, 03:28:37 am ---I'm using XP 32bit. Most of the time, I prefer to use thumbnails in directory viewing. When I open a directory that has a lot of items in it, it can take up to thirty seconds for it to 'catch up' so that I can scroll through the whole thing. Disabling 'cache thumbnails' helps this a bit.

However. In the last day or so, opening a folder here and there has crashed that whole part of Explorer. That is, all system/data folders I have open at the time, and the task bar disappears for a little while.

Are these signs of mortality?

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Corrupted thumbnails or thumbnails with a jpeg exploit in them can crash explorer in xp.  Of course corrupted thumbnails can often occur from a thrashed hdd, so that doesn't really help you identify the problem. 


If the computer is important, buy a new hdd immediately, install a FRESH copy of xp on it, install AVG anti-virus and start transferring your junk over.  Worst case scenario you've now got a spare hdd that you can use as a portable drive.

Gray_Area:
I was also having trouble with Ultramap (I couldn't edit or create maps), nor access msconfig. I was using TinyXP 11. I guess it wasn't that stable. It's not in the usual place anymore.

So, I re-installed XP Pro. I used the same TXP disc, but went for a full install. Bliss. Very snappy....though I have switched to icon view in folders to keep things that way.

I stopped using AVG a few months ago. Every time a scheduled scan time came up, the time in the box would jump an hour ahead. Basically, it wouldn't automatically scan. Since then I've been using MS Security Essentials. I like it.

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