I wonder if looking under processes and checking to see if there is one that
is making use of a lot CPU time would give a clue who is misbehaving.

Secondarily, check to see if one is goobling up a big chunk of memory.

John

----- Original Message -----
From: "Les Barnes" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Windows...Re-Install or Upgrade ??


> Thanks Joseph & Peter,
>
> I'm afraid I wasn't clear. I am using XP Home. When my computer freezes
all
> I see is a rotating hourglass. The only action I can take is to open the
> Task Mgr. but this does not show a 'not responding' or other msg. On the
> rare occasion I do get a window saying do you want to end this program
> clicking on 'yes' closes the window and we go back to the turning
hourglass.
> I do this several times in a row and finally get frustrated enough to hit
> the power switch. I think I am missing something simple here. You are
> correct - the OS is not freezing but I don't seem to be able to back out
of
> the frozen program. And first I have to identify it.

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