Let me guess. You're using Windows XP.
Tony's suggestions are certainly valid. I'd like to add three more possible
causes:
Click Run and type msconfig in the resulting dialogue box. On the Startup
tab, unclick "ctfmon" and allow the computer to restart. The same dialogue
box will return, so click on Cancel. CTFMON has to be the most annoying DLL
ever created! You can't delete it, but it causes many problems, including
those you described.
Still have problems? check two more options:
1. some of the latest viruses do cause this.
2. Update your monitor card driver.
Can't rule out the monitor, but the options mentioned above are FAR more
likely to be the cause.
David Grossman
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Mayer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 11:52 PM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] freeze/screen problem
> This doesn't really sound like a monitor problem. It sounds to me more
> like either your video card is having problems, or your memory is having
> problems.
>
> Tony Mayer
>
>
> Carol wrote:
>
> >While typing an email, (in Outlook Express), my mouse stopped working and
I
> >got what seemed like 'interferance' on the screen. There was a strip
about
> >a quarter inch wide vertically on the screen where the pixels were
> >disturbed. (Just don't know how else to explain this.)
> >
> >My first inclination was to think my monitor is going out. (It's a 2 year
> >old 17" KDS - I hope not, because I can't afford to buy a new monitor
every
> >two years.) But then I realized the whole system was totally locked up.
I
> >couldn't even locate my mouse on the screen. I had to turn it off with
the
> >on/off button, because Ctrl/Alt/Delete wouldn't even work.
> >
> >After rebooting, it seems to be fine. Does this mean my monitor is on
its
> >way out, or could it be a program problem, or something else?
> >Carol Hanson
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