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    Windows Explorer keeps freezing...

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by meteorstorm42, Nov 6, 2008.

  1. meteorstorm42

    meteorstorm42 Notebook Consultant

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    Symptoms:

    I get the spinning blue circle, and after a while the window or desktop turns white and I have to stop the explorer process.

    It happens when:

    usually when I hit the delete button on a file / folder
    sometimes when I copy / cut a file / folder
    sometimes when I right-click a file / folder
    rarely when I just click on a file / folder

    I've tried:

    disabling shell extensions (didn't work)
    turning on services that were mentioned by errors in the event viewer (didn't work)
    deleting a bunch of folders in the registry that had to do with context menus (didn't work)

    I'm completely out of ideas... if anyone can help, I'd really appreciate it...
     
    meteorstorm42, Nov 6, 2008
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  2. desune

    desune Notebook Enthusiast

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    Let me guess...You`re running Vista?

    You might be clicking on a video file that`s broken.
     
    desune, Nov 6, 2008
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  3. meteorstorm42

    meteorstorm42 Notebook Consultant

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    Yup, running Vista.

    I'm not sure if it does this for video files, but it definitely doesn't do it for ONLY video files. It happens for any file or folder from what I can tell.
     
    meteorstorm42, Nov 6, 2008
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  4. phoebusvh

    phoebusvh Notebook Consultant

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    How did you buy your laptop? did they do any optimization before you got it? Did you do any optimization by yourself?
     
    phoebusvh, Nov 6, 2008
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  5. meteorstorm42

    meteorstorm42 Notebook Consultant

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    I did a lot of tweaking on it. You're thinking I may have disabled too much perhaps?
     
    meteorstorm42, Nov 6, 2008
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  6. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yes most likely.
     
    DetlevCM, Nov 6, 2008
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  7. WILLY S

    WILLY S I was saying boo-urns

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    Slow internet connection? New anti-virus\firewall\internet security software?
     
    WILLY S, Nov 6, 2008
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    phoebusvh Notebook Consultant

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    I think so. Sony has been known for really understand their system. Regardless being filled with bloatware, a new laptop from Sony run very stable. Things start when user tries to cut trim down too much and that affects the operating system itself. Try to redo some of what you did to see how things go. Otherwise, you probably will have to live with it till when the next IE update is available (which is very soon)
     
    phoebusvh, Nov 6, 2008
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  9. foosa123

    foosa123 adsfjldsajflkajsdfa

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    i had a similar thing happen to me a couple of weeks ago. had to reformat by booting into safe mode then going into Vaio recovery center. didnt hesitate to reformat though cause i had everything backed up to my external hard drive. since then i havent done any tweaking (and i dont plan on doing any) so hopefully my systems stays stable.

    oh and i too did tweaking to my vista early when i got it :eek:
     
    foosa123, Nov 6, 2008
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