Hanging task bar and desktop

February 21, 2008

I have just started having a problem with my task bar hanging every now and

then and my desktop doing the same (but never at the same time). it takes

about 5 min for my computer to get from the "starting windows" to the point

where my desktop thaws out and i can run applications. it just started

happening about a week ago and it seems everything is happening at once.

while I'm viewing video files, they'll freeze every couple of seconds, for a

few seconds and catch back up with themselves but only periodically. when i

open the my computer for the first time after a reboot, it hangs for about 30

seconds then i'm able to do wut i need. i've tried to reformat the comp but

for some reason, when i change the boot priority, the computer completely

ignores the cd in the drive and starts windows from the hard drive. when the

taskbar freezes, it hangs for about a minute then works fine for a while.

can't seem to figure out what triggers it thought. when i right click the

recycling bin to empty it, it takes about 30 seconds for it to ask if i'm

sure i wanna delete everything in it. then it takes another 30 seconds to

empty it with a freeze of the desktop during that period, though not freezing

the taskbar. I do a lot of gaming with my computer and i have no problems

with my games. not even a little bit of lag with my heavier games. it's only

with my desktop and taskbar. if anyone can help soon it'd be greatly

appreciated, i'm mailing my desktop home and would like it fixed in the next

couple of days.

Thanx in advance to all who can help

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