XP Pro: 90% of applications go into 'not responding' state

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Jason

Hi all,

I am baffled by this. Every so often, around 2-3 times a day about
90% of the running applications go into a 'not responding' state but
the PC is not hung. I can still start Task Manager and launch new
applications (although they soon hang after launch). If you wait 5-10
minutes then everything jumps back into life - I just don't know where
to start troubleshooting.

Is there a application that can check what these processes are being
blocked on or give me some further help on this issue.

My system is an AMD 64 (K8NS Pro Motherboard) with 1GB of RAM and RAID
1 (mirrored pair).

Please help!!!

Thanks in advance,

Jason
 
Jason said:
Hi all,

I am baffled by this. Every so often, around 2-3 times a day about
90% of the running applications go into a 'not responding' state but
the PC is not hung. I can still start Task Manager and launch new
applications (although they soon hang after launch). If you wait 5-10
minutes then everything jumps back into life - I just don't know where
to start troubleshooting.

Is there a application that can check what these processes are being
blocked on or give me some further help on this issue.

My system is an AMD 64 (K8NS Pro Motherboard) with 1GB of RAM and RAID
1 (mirrored pair).

Please help!!!

Thanks in advance,

Jason
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Problems reading a hard disc or CD? I get a similar problem if I have a bad
CD in the drive.

Mark BR
 
Mark BR said:
Problems reading a hard disc or CD? I get a similar problem if I have a bad
CD in the drive.

Mark BR
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I have the same problem with Adobe Reader (verry common for me)..
I am using an AXP and dont have the amd64 but to be honest, I think that the
problem "with the program" could easly happen on any system (or maybee just
AXP based ones)..
List the programs that seem to lock up and MAYBEE someone out there might
have registry hacks that will help them run better.
 
Applications that go into this state from memory...

Internet Explorer
Norton Anti-Virus/Internet Security
Netscape (installed it to eliminate IE as the issue)
Remote Desktop (sometimes this continues to work)


but the BBC ticker still works - this is a news ticker bar at running
at the bottom of the screen. This never seems to hang when the PC
goes into this state.

If you go into Task Manager, then all the resources are at zero or
hardly utilised, cpu is 95+% free, loads of memory left, no lan
traffic.

I am sure that if I try and start any application when the PC is in
this state then the it will hang (after it starts).
 
Jason said:
Applications that go into this state from memory...

Internet Explorer
Norton Anti-Virus/Internet Security
Netscape (installed it to eliminate IE as the issue)
Remote Desktop (sometimes this continues to work)


but the BBC ticker still works - this is a news ticker bar at running
at the bottom of the screen. This never seems to hang when the PC
goes into this state.

If you go into Task Manager, then all the resources are at zero or
hardly utilised, cpu is 95+% free, loads of memory left, no lan
traffic.

I am sure that if I try and start any application when the PC is in
this state then the it will hang (after it starts).
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Jason, have you tried a blaster removal tool?
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.removal.tool.html
 
Jason said:
Applications that go into this state from memory...
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Have you tried running a spyware detector application like WebSweeper or
something like Ad-Aware? You *might* be infected with a trojan or
spyware application that kicks in every so often taking CPU time away
from other legitimate applications.

Free Spyware checker - must be online for this to run
http://www.webroot.com/services/spyaudit_03.htm

Link to Lavasoft's Ad-Aware personal edition - free for personal use
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

Hope this helps!
 
Well after some experimenting I think it is Yahoo Messenger that is
causing the issue. Anyone seen similar?
 
No it isn't Yahoo Messenger, that must have been a coincedence. It
just happened on Messenger wasn't running. Still wondering what is
causing this!
 
Applications that go into this state from memory...

Internet Explorer
Norton Anti-Virus/Internet Security
Netscape (installed it to eliminate IE as the issue)
Remote Desktop (sometimes this continues to work)


but the BBC ticker still works - this is a news ticker bar at running
at the bottom of the screen. This never seems to hang when the PC
goes into this state.

If you go into Task Manager, then all the resources are at zero or
hardly utilised, cpu is 95+% free, loads of memory left, no lan
traffic.

I am sure that if I try and start any application when the PC is in
this state then the it will hang (after it starts).
Click to expand...


Probably anti-virus hogging all resources. This has happened to me a
lot. Check your processes when this happens and see if your
anti-virus is taking over much of the memory.
 
| (e-mail address removed) (Jason) wrote in message
| > Applications that go into this state from memory...
| >
| > Internet Explorer
| > Norton Anti-Virus/Internet Security
| > Netscape (installed it to eliminate IE as the issue)
| > Remote Desktop (sometimes this continues to work)
| >
| >
| > but the BBC ticker still works - this is a news ticker bar at running
| > at the bottom of the screen. This never seems to hang when the PC
| > goes into this state.
| >
| > If you go into Task Manager, then all the resources are at zero or
| > hardly utilised, cpu is 95+% free, loads of memory left, no lan
| > traffic.
| >
| > I am sure that if I try and start any application when the PC is in
| > this state then the it will hang (after it starts).
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > > | > > > Hi all,
| > > >
| > > > I am baffled by this. Every so often, around 2-3 times a day about
| > > > 90% of the running applications go into a 'not responding' state but
| > > > the PC is not hung. I can still start Task Manager and launch new
| > > > applications (although they soon hang after launch). If you wait
5-10
| > > > minutes then everything jumps back into life - I just don't know
where
| > > > to start troubleshooting.
| > > >
| > > > Is there a application that can check what these processes are being
| > > > blocked on or give me some further help on this issue.
| > > >
| > > > My system is an AMD 64 (K8NS Pro Motherboard) with 1GB of RAM and
RAID
| > > > 1 (mirrored pair).
| > > >
| > > > Please help!!!
| > > >
| > > > Thanks in advance,
| > > >
| > > > Jason
| > >
| > > Problems reading a hard disc or CD? I get a similar problem if I have
a bad
| > > CD in the drive.
| > >
| > > Mark BR
|
|
| Probably anti-virus hogging all resources. This has happened to me a
| lot. Check your processes when this happens and see if your
| anti-virus is taking over much of the memory.

He already said "| > If you go into Task Manager, then all the resources are
at zero or
| > hardly utilised, cpu is 95+% free, loads of memory left, no lan
| > traffic."
 
Hope I am not tempting fate by writing this but after upgrading to SP2
the issue has disappeared. No more 'not responding'
messages...Yippeee!!!!
 
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