weird problem..

[Bleedblue12345]

kinda stupid problem but i dunno how to fix this, every other time i click on lets say internet explorer or outlook express, it freezes up and i have to control+alt+delete out... i know stupid question for an avid system user and a computer techy, but i have defragged, run antivrus and antispyware, i mean seriously what is up.... specs in sig if needed.... all games like bf2 and such work fine though... its only windows like aim, IE, or outlook express, or seomthing like that

 

[Chernobyl1]

Does your system or application event log show any odd entries?

If you want to know more about what has been running on your system, download Autoruns to see what loads on boot.
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html

Process Guard is a good free tool to see what tries to run on your system.
This will prompt you to allow or deny everything that tries to run.
Once set to always allow it wont bug you for that one again.
http://www.diamondcs.com.au/processguard/

I found through Process Guard the other day that right clicking a PDF runs part of adobe acrobat!
Way to slow down a system.

Reinstalling Service Pack 2 might sort out the Outlook and IE freezing problem but all the patches since then will need to be reinstalled.

 

[jordan172005]

or if you don't want to download that program just press start, run, type msconfig, the click the startup or services tab to see what starts with your computer.

 

[Chernobyl1]

or if you don't want to download that program just press start, run, type msconfig, the click the startup or services tab to see what starts with your computer.

lol
msconfig shows you a tiny part of what loads on boot.