[eztogo]

i am having trouble opening a few programs on my computer using windows xp.
the programs i am having troupble with are thinggs like my control panel.... my pictures....search and run to naem a few
can anyone tell me hoe to fix this probelm without reloading windows?

[ozziebeanie]

Check your mouse speed it might be up to high - Start - Settings, Control Panel, Mouse. just one thing that can be the cause of that, if not will put thinking cap on again.

[eztogo]

well that did not work........now what

[ozziebeanie]

Bugger, will have to put thinking cap back on

[ozziebeanie]

do a bit of a clean out, scan then a defrag see how that goes

[new tech guy]

Well you also can describe more, like what happens when these troublesome apps try to open, what happens?

[eztogo]

i cannot open these programs anytime, they load and are blank and stay blank all the time. it say that the program is not responding.
contol panel
my pictures
my documents
my computer
are all included

[new tech guy]

Hm, ok lets cover basics, is there anything you have done to the pc lately right before this trouble started happening? Are you running any form of a registry cleaner or optimizer in your system. These are snake oil, are you running p2p? If so, you may be infected and in most cases these apps are illeagal . Let us know.

[eztogo]

just ran defrag and virus program once a week
i have not downloaded anything or added any programs before this probelm started

[new tech guy]

But have you ever run any of the abovementioned item on registry cleaners before? You need to answer my previous post more thoroughly.

Also: have you tried the silly things such as rebooting the pc?

[eztogo]

i never ran anytpy of register program and of course i tried rebooting my pc and that did not do it
i think the best is to trash this hp and get a dell

[new tech guy]

Ok, and no it should not be hardware. Your not aware of any past or present virus issues are you?

[eztogo]

no viruses.. had unit checked by the virus program i have, its upto date and and scanned once every 3 days
no reports of any

[new tech guy]

Ok, well it sounds alot like troubles in windows explorer to me. You dont have nero on your pc do you? I know that has some explorer shell plugins that somtimes hose things up. In any event, try running a chkdsk. Might clean up the system a little. Just go to my computer>right click drive C> properties. Then click the tools tab and under error checking click check now, click both check boxes and start. You will get a prompt to run at next restart, click yes, then reboot your system and the scan will initiate. It takes time so be patient with it then after it is done go back into the computer and see how things are running.

[eztogo]

i tried right cliscking on my computer
like everything else it does not open
any more ideas?do not ahve nero on my computer