it seems to happen when too many things are working at once..like several web pages, mail and a web page etc...if I work slowly as in let slow web pages load completely which I never had to do before, then it seems to maintain without the error. I installed flashget about two weeks ago but as I remember this started just before that. I did add MSN messenger and I THINK right after that the error began...maybe. I can duplicate it for the most part if I get impatient with loading, or too many things going at once..yesterday the error came up and I eneded up closing out 4 other functions to close it all down. Had it happen when I was burning cds and found out if I closed everything BUT one window, I got thru it. It happened once while downloading with Flashget but that program went right on working after the other window and win explorer page shut down. Been about 3 weeks since it started...which it seems to me was right about the time MSN was installed and all the trouble I had getting THAT to work. Have to see if I can remember to copy that error..I keep forgetting. Thanks ML ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sir Troth" <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 9:14 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Windows explorer error I know exactly what you're getting, as I sometimes get it myself. Unfortunately, this one is tough to diagnose without looking into other things. So, we have to sort of play with it. Do you get the errors consistently? Can you duplicate the error? How long ago did it start happening? Can you correlate the issue to something else that you're doing on the system? Install anything new lately around the same time as the problem started occurring? If you have more than one identity on the computer, does it also happen on the other identities? ---Troth ----- Original Message ----- From: milady Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 11:58 PM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Windows explorer error just the windows part but it often goes down to desk top background and no icons.. I keep forgeting to get a screen print of the error. Kind of seems like an overload of somekind.. to many things open and it goes.. Most times I have to reboot to get back upright again... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sir Troth" <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 8:50 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Windows explorer error Gonna need a bit more info than that, ML. What's the error saying? Is it crashing the whole system? or just the explorer window? More details, per favore. ---Troth ----- Original Message ----- From: milady Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 5:06 PM To: pctecktalk Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Windows explorer error This keeps popping up..anyone know how to fix it? or where to go to get it fixed... ML -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.10/218 - Release Date: 1/2/2006 -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.10/218 - Release Date: 1/2/2006 -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/