Re: Windows Explorer (Not Responding)

So this has been going on since 2007? Whew.

Vista Premium is the first Windows OS I've noticed this happening with;
of course I've gotten hangs and freezes with everything dating back to
the Apple ][, but Vista seems particularly hang-happy. In general it's
Mozilla Firefox, but I think that's because it's the program I launch
the most. It can even be a Control Panel that becomes nonresponsive.
(The most ironic poart is that the Task Manager often freezes, but
doesn't tell you it's hung! Or perhaps the most ironic part is that when
the "Windows is searching for a solution to this problem" window comes
up, it stays up forever, or until you reboot.)

I've tried a lot of fixes, including

- Cleaning fans.
- Clearing out the "temp" folder.
- Clearing my browser cache and setting its value to 8 MB.
- Setting the page swap file to the recommended value, min and max
the same value.
- Swearing profusely.


And it should go without saying that Windows Update is turned to
automatic updates, and hardware drivers are up to date also.

Not that it would help, but I can't go to Microsoft; I got scammed by a
company (3BTech) who sold me an OEM version of Vista Premium at full
price.

Any fixes, or diagnostics, would be most welcome.


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