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).




"Mark BR" wrote in message ...
"Jason" wrote in message
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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