Proxy Desktop - not responding during Shutdown

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Michael Faklis

My laptop's hard disk died, so I've spent the last week rebuilding it on a
new disk from the original software CDs. This laptop is a Windows 2000
client workstation on my Small Business Server v4.5 LAN. I've applied the
latest Win2K compatible updates, service packs, and recommended updates
identified by the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer.

After a few uses of Windows Explorer, Windows Explorer will no longer open.
Other applications still work, including IE 6.0, but Windows Explorer itself
will not open. When I then try to shutdown, restart, or logoff the current
user, I get a pop-up window stating that "Proxy Desktop - not responding"
and I'm prompted to wait or end program. This problem always happens.

I did not have this problem before the rebuild. I have searched the
Microsoft Knowledgebase, but I didn't find any clues.

Any assistance would be appreciated. Please respond to both the newsgroup
and my email (e-mail address removed). Thank you.

-Michael Faklis
 
The problem seems to have been WS_FTP Explorer v6.x, which was a few years
old. I saw that it had an interface to Windows Explorer. I upgraded to the
current release and the problem was resolved. I also note that the current
release does not appear to be interfaced with Windows Explorer. In
hindsight, I recall that with my previous laptop build, I had removed the
WS_FTP Explorer due to it crashing.

p.s., While investigating this problem, I was clued in that searching these
Microsoft-based newsgroups through Google is better than searching through
Outlook Express, apparently because Google has access to more historical
postings. Google had many hits searching for "Proxy Desktop" and I didn't
find any hits searching with Outlook Express.

-Michael Faklis
 
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