From: "Robert Comer" 

Either hard drive going flakey or malware are the only things I've known to
cause that.  Look in the event viewer for hard drive messages first.

Now that I think of it it could be network drives that it's looking for
that would cause the same thing, and the only workaround I've ever found is
to disconnect them.

--
Bob Comer


"Tim Boyer"  wrote in message
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> XP is starting to get flaky.  Explorer freezes; Outlook stalls after
> sending,
> etc.
>
> I'm _reasonably_ sure it's not a virus - I've got Vexira installed - or
> spyware
> - Spybot S&D.  Both are kept up to date.
>
> So.   I'd rather not wipe-and-reinstall, but I will if I have to, of
> course.
>
> Registry cleaner, or something?  Anyone got any favorites?
>
> --
> tim boyer
> tim{at}denmantire.com

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