I have a recurring intermittent issue with my laptop.

It seems that every so often, **** starts getting batty......and I am unable to launch certain programs; namely new instances of my internet browser (Firefox, Chrome, or IE).

I think that whatever is fouled up MIGHT be related to Outlook Express. When I have this issue I can not use or close OE.

Also........I can not launch the task manager or shut down (other than powering down "hard").

Usually.........after a reboot things work OK for a while again.

This problem started at about the same time I put a bunch of software on my PC, of which I can recall:

1) Line6 Software - Music stuff

2) COMODO Anti-virus (has since been removed and replaced with Avast!)

3) Some other music recording software - Sonoma Riffworks.

I initially thought (for whatever reasons) that Comodo was binding stuff up; but I'm not sure now.

dump outlook and use a third party program.

lower risk of virus infection/transmit, fewer crashes, etc.

^I'm pretty keen on Outlook EXPRESS (hate Outlook "standard").

It seems like you have one or more program that is consuming all the processing power.

ctr+atl+delete, task manager, processes, then double click on cpu to sort by usage. Find out which process is keeping the cpu busy. Find the program and remove.

^hey JohnR......this is not the case.

I cannot launch the task manager during these episodes......and at times when I heppened to have it open already, nothing stood out as being excessively needy.

Did your iBrick license expire?

Try wagglin your jimmy at it!!

#6........iBrick only works on Apple stuff........I think.

I'll check and see if I can get a trial version of winBrick.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307886 

That's also assuming your hard drive isn't jammed full and a few other obvious possible suspects I'm assuming you've ruled out. There are a bunch of other things you could check if none of those help, such as cleaning out your registry with a good program (after backing it up), downloading and installing a program to delay starting up certain programs automatically when Windows starts, etc. PC World magazine's website is a good place to search for those nifty little programs.

I'd say that it prbably has to do with your anti-virus, or you have some corrupted drivers / system files on your hard drive somewhere.

I'd start by doing a CHKDSK from the command line to see if anything comes back corrupted.

Not being able to pop-up TaskManager is a thing we programmers call: Bad. Either your keyboard or input drivers have gone buh-byte, or there is a process consuming MASSIVE amounts of CPU.

Some system-level drivers could case this kind of lock-up. But by-and-large, nothing to this extent (without a Blue Screen O' Death).

Download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and do a complete scan for spyware. Then do complete scan for viruses with your anti-virus. Then run Disk Cleanup and Disk Defrag.

Start with the basics first.

Go Start/Run type MSCONFIG, click the Startup tab and see which software is running in the background. Uncheck any unnecessary software that's running. Hit Apply, OK and reboot.

^done all of that.....and pretty much everything else mentioned.

This is a really weird problem.

What did CHKDSK report?

^nothing...alles gut

sorry, can't help. I've bee win-free since May 15 2005. Vague memories of all of this bs remain though.

^sorry to hear that; I hope your luck improves.

andytv google ccleaner.. install it , run it.. CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner. it should help .

will the porn be gone forever???

#18 posts and nobody has told him to stop looking at midget gay porn?

HeHe...that is tru!!