Windows Problem

[Licker4U]

I checked and my brother hasn't been here. I had to use Ctrl Alt Delete to get out of whatever was happening because with the hour glass up I couldn't do anything. All it showed was the folder I was in and AOL, both said "Running". I can right click an html file and the menu is there so I can view the source. It just seems to not work when I'm in Explorer looking at files. Everything was fine last night. Norton says everything is fine too. I'm I guess.

[MrYum]

Originally Posted by Licker4U

I checked and my brother hasn't been here. I had to use Ctrl Alt Delete to get out of whatever was happening because with the hour glass up I couldn't do anything. All it showed was the folder I was in and AOL, both said "Running". I can right click an html file and the menu is there so I can view the source. It just seems to not work when I'm in Explorer looking at files. Everything was fine last night. Norton says everything is fine too. I'm I guess.

Well damn...can't blame it on your bro then

Still sounds like something is hogging your resources to the extent that other processes either can't run or are very slow to execute.

Goonie's suggestion to try a restore is definitely an option. As is Gary's to check your running processes to see if something is amiss there.

For the system to have changed that much overnight, I'd be highly suspicious that something has gotten into your system. Do you keep Windoze patched and your spyware/virus scanners up to date?

[Licker4U]

Well fuck me, I'll never smile again....again. Cable account was suspended 'cause the wifey forgot to pay the cable bill. I took care of it over the phone and everything started working again. I can't believe the cable company would have ANY affect on how my 'puter works OFFLINE, but somehow it did. I'm gonna start drinking....more

[juggernaut]

Originally Posted by Licker4U

Well fuck me, I'll never smile again....again. Cable account was suspended 'cause the wifey forgot to pay the cable bill. I took care of it over the phone and everything started working again. I can't believe the cable company would have ANY affect on how my 'puter works OFFLINE, but somehow it did. I'm gonna start drinking....more

Believe it or not your NIC has a lot to do with how your system runs. When you were right clicking your nic was getting ready to cmd the systemt to do something with the online data. An since you did not have a great or limited connection, it would wait all day or time out. It's going to be interesting over the next few years when people get fiber nics in their systems and they wonder why they are still pulling down files slowly. Your system will need to be powerful enough to handle that data that's being pushed into it.

Sorry has to edit this as I thought you said you were right clicking on internet files. But either way yes your NIC will effect your systems performance. If you disconnect from the internet and wait for the system to assign a local ip it will run normal.

[MrYum]

Figured it had to be busy trying to do 'something'. As Jugg mentioned...in this case, it was trying to get a connection.

Glad it's fixed and wasn't something nasty