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  • jerzeemedia
    Confirmed User
    • May 2004
    • 1532

    #1

    Strange windows happenings (windows xp)

    Randomly at times, I'll open IE, and nothing but the location bar is showing. I can type whatever I want, it won't process and attempt to connect to the URL. Same goes for anything explorer-related. I'll try to open for example "My Documents" and hear nothing but that annoying windows "boink" sound. Photoshop will also often have issues such as when trying to "save for web". You click it, and it just doesn't show up (the dialog box and so forth for save for web). I thought this was registry-related, ran reg mechanic to no avail, lavasoft adaware found nothing, avast anti-virus found nothing as well. Has anyone had these strange happenings before? Note, when I use Mozilla it works like a charm. So maybe this is just something within windows explorer itself? Any input appreciated.

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  • Spunky
    I need a beer
    • Jun 2002
    • 133987

    #2
    Try getting ie 7 and see if it's still happening..sounds like spyware though

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    • jerzeemedia
      Confirmed User
      • May 2004
      • 1532

      #3
      Spunky,

      I use dreamsubmitter and IE 7 fucks with it, so that's not an option unfortunately. lavasoft found nothing at all, is there a better spyware cleaner/analyzer?
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      • TheSwed
        Confirmed User
        • Feb 2004
        • 3483

        #4
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        • rigrunner
          Confirmed User
          • Jan 2004
          • 877

          #5
          Yeah i get the exact same thing, happens like once a week... Usually when I'm trying to update and make thumbs too
          I think it's just windows being shit...


          Originally posted by jerzeemedia
          Randomly at times, I'll open IE, and nothing but the location bar is showing. I can type whatever I want, it won't process and attempt to connect to the URL. Same goes for anything explorer-related. I'll try to open for example "My Documents" and hear nothing but that annoying windows "boink" sound. Photoshop will also often have issues such as when trying to "save for web". You click it, and it just doesn't show up (the dialog box and so forth for save for web). I thought this was registry-related, ran reg mechanic to no avail, lavasoft adaware found nothing, avast anti-virus found nothing as well. Has anyone had these strange happenings before? Note, when I use Mozilla it works like a charm. So maybe this is just something within windows explorer itself? Any input appreciated.

          Re,

          JM
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          • marty
            Confirmed User
            • Feb 2002
            • 1656

            #6
            Here are a few more you can try.

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            Good Luck

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            • mardigras
              Bon temps!
              • Feb 2003
              • 14194

              #7
              Possibly something running in the background is maxing your memory?

              Try going to Start > Run > msconfig > Startup and unchecking all non-essential programs.
              .

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              • ~Ray
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                • Jun 2003
                • 18361

                #8
                look in your processes running for msmsgs.exe

                To disable it for good go to RUN and enter this command: RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
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                • tenletters
                  Confirmed User
                  • Jan 2001
                  • 2079

                  #9
                  it may not be your problem but i had to remove google toolbar shortly after the lastest update because my windows ie and explorer started acting a fool whenever I had more than a couple of browsers open.
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                  • rigrunner
                    Confirmed User
                    • Jan 2004
                    • 877

                    #10
                    yeah i thought it might be google bar....
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                    • topshelfdesign
                      Confirmed User
                      • Aug 2006
                      • 930

                      #11
                      bloody windows mine kept making "blank" folders everywhere

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                      • rigrunner
                        Confirmed User
                        • Jan 2004
                        • 877

                        #12
                        erm kinda related but on one of my other computers, windows media player will play pretty much anything but wmv files...my windows movie maker also doesn't work with them.
                        I've tried reparing, updating etc.. it's just totally weird that the one file type it doesnt play is the file it was made for lol...
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                        • lambpie
                          Confirmed User
                          • Nov 2004
                          • 671

                          #13
                          download ewido and run that, kills most spyware/adware etc

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