This upgrade to Windows 7 actually started out really nicely.and if I could solve this issue, it'd be fine. So I'm wondering.what should I do to debug/troubleshoot this issue effectively? I don't really want to do a system restore, and I don't want to clean-install the OS. I didn't have time to debug it with kernel dumps and stuff, and don't really have much experience with it.but I just mention it since maybe it's a similar thing here. One time, when nosing around in Process Explorer, I noticed the WMI Provider Service consuming a lot of CPU and that it was waiting for.something. What this seems to indicate to me is that these programs are waiting for a response from some system process, which isn't giving it. I think that these two issues are related. Oh, sometimes I have to reboot because the CPU starts pegging at 100% with no way to stop it. I haven't measured specifically, but it tends to take 2-3 days before I need to reboot again. Firefox was freezing the latest time, though.Īs mentioned in the title, a reboot fixes this every time.
I can observe this in Internet Explorer 8, Google Chrome (latest), and I think Firefox 3.6 (latest or second-latest). The progress indicator simply cycles forever, and the page does not load. Other times, a Web Browser will open and be unable to load pages. NOTE: I do not receive a page not found error.When I clicked Stop, it didn't stop, and I couldn't force-close it due to not being able to open Process Explorer. Today I had the QuickTime installer freeze about 75% through the installation.Sometimes a Web browser will open and then immediately freeze.The computer does not freeze, but the program does not open. For example, if I try to open Process Explorer (with which I replaced my Task Manager), it simply does not open. There are several things that may happen when my computer gets into this state: However, closing it down doesn't resolve the issue. I also run a virtual machine on this laptop.strangely, the virtual machine keeps running without a problem even when I can't open other programs, or open them properly. One in particular that I can think of is CrashPlan, so if anyone knows if that causes such a problem, let me know.
I would say that it started approximately 30-60 days ago, so it may have been either from a Windows update or a program I installed within that time. This problem did not begin occurring immediately it's rather recent. I used the upgrade procedure from Windows 7 to upgrade, and it went pretty well. Prior to this, I had Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit, which was clean-installed. This started when I upgraded to Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. I see lots of people submitting HijackThis reports when they have similar problems, so I'm attaching one.Ī bit of background info on this problem. I usually solve my own problems, but this one's got me stumped, and honestly, don't we all just want to get back to work? :) So maybe you can help me out. During installing, choose the correct driver in the driver list.This is my first post, so bear with me if I make some newbie mistakes. Follow the instruction to finish the installation.
In the box "Enter a port name", type the address as the following format. Choose "Local Port" as the type of the port.ĥ. When UAC window pops up, click Continue to go on.Ĥ. On Keyboard press Alt, then click File->Run as administrator->Add Printer. Click Start, click Control Panel and double click Printers.Ģ.
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