Bob Hansen

I had this problem as well. I installed Vista on a PC I already had. It
turned out that updating my bios fixed the problem. It also fixed a problem
with the PC not shutting down.
Bob Hansen

"Gerry" <Gerry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B37107C6-D36A-4CE8-9F71-44FECA1A72E1@microsoft.com...
>
>
> "Gerry" wrote:Okay ... I found my problem ... dumb luck helped ... I have
> a
> 160GB external hard drive that is messed up. somehow it was messing up
> explorer. I powered it off ... disconnected it and all is well ... no more
> "not responding" messages, and all aspects of explorer seem to be working
> fine. Now if only I can fix my hard drive ... it has every picture I own
> on
> it. I just bought Spinrite disc recovery ... wish me luck.
>
>>
>>
>> "painistemporary" wrote:
>>
>> > Hey Paul,
>> >
>> > I'm affraid I don't have answer, but I just wanted to add my voice to
>> > yours
>> > because I have exactly the same problem. Here's hoping an answer
>> > exists!
>> >
>> > "Paul" wrote:
>> >
>> > > I just recently installed Vista, and every time i try and do pretty
>> > > much
>> > > anything (Access computer, control panel) It gives me the this
>> > > error, and
>> > > explorer has to restart, i tried reinstalling but still nothing. Any
>> > > advice??
>>
>>
>> Please add me to the unhappy list ... with me, it's any time I right
>> click
>> on the desktop ... I get the big lag and the eventual "Windows Explorer
>> Not
>> responding message" ... How difficult is it to go back to XP??