I'm having a weird problem with my laptop that no one seems to have heard of before. My Toshiba, running WinXP Media Edition, will freeze occassionally when I try to open a new web page. There is no hour glass or anything. It just freezes. Through trial and error I have learned that all I have to do is right click the task bar, select "lock or unlock the taskbar" and the page will open. It doesn't matter if the task bar is "locked" or "unlocked". Sometimes it's hardly a problem at all and other times it will freeze about every 3 or 4 times I open a link or page.
This problem started soon after I purchased the laptop about 8 months ago. It came installed with a trial version of McAfee AV but I purchased Zone Alarm Pro and installed it. It seems that my problem started after that. However, I also subscribed to Yahoo Mail and it installed all it's toolbars, etc. I took it back to Office Depot where I purchased it but they said it was my ISP that was the problem. However, when I travel and use my wireless at a hotel, etc., it still hangs up. Also, it doesn't matter if I'm using wireless or hooked directly to my ISP cable. This is a royal pain so any help you guys can give me will be much appreciated. Rick Gillespie ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
