Windows "Time Outs" ??? Very stressful

Hi. Have Windows XP and all updates, DSL, etc. The prob: My computer randomly
has these "pauses" that send up a "Please Wait" prompt unexpectedly, turns my
colorful desktop grey for 10 seconds (usually while I'm in the middle of
something) and then pops back to normal. In the meantime, whatever
connection-sensitive thing I'm doing is lost (as in long downloads; messenger
conversations, etc.). The interface, etc. is fine afterwards, but losing
stuff from not knowing when these unscheduled "time outs" occur is VERY
frustrating and inconvenient. Don't know where to look to disable this,
whatever it is. Anyone ever experience the same thing? If so, how do I STOP
it? Thanx

What are your anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall arrangements?


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Chab-1" <Chab-1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FEC8FCB1-60A4-4B55-91A9-E722F152EDDC@microsoft.com...
> Hi. Have Windows XP and all updates, DSL, etc. The prob: My computer
> randomly
> has these "pauses" that send up a "Please Wait" prompt unexpectedly, turns
> my
> colorful desktop grey for 10 seconds (usually while I'm in the middle of
> something) and then pops back to normal. In the meantime, whatever
> connection-sensitive thing I'm doing is lost (as in long downloads;
> messenger
> conversations, etc.). The interface, etc. is fine afterwards, but losing
> stuff from not knowing when these unscheduled "time outs" occur is VERY
> frustrating and inconvenient. Don't know where to look to disable this,
> whatever it is. Anyone ever experience the same thing? If so, how do I
> STOP
> it? Thanx

I have the latest Norton, Spybot, Microsoft Firewall and Baseline Security
Analyzer, all scheduled for overnight, and all with the latest updates (I'm
paranoid, so my computer is rather secure for someone with nothing to hide or
lose. :-) Plus, the prompt window that reads "Please wait" before things go
grey, has a Windows icon. So far, I haven't been able to catch anyone live at
Windows support, which is why I've turned to "the people" for an answer. :-)

So, are you saying maybe some security software causes this "time out"? If
so, it only lasts for a few seconds, there's no report anywhere that I can
find, but it stops me from doing anything until it's over, esp. if I'm in
Messenger, playing a cyber game, trying to connect somewhere, while I'm in
the middle of sending something, etc. Very frustrating as I can predict when
it'll happen, and it doesn't leave anything wrong, just jacks me over when
I'm doing something. Does any of this at all sound familiar to anyone?

"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

> What are your anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall arrangements?
>
>
> --
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
>
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> "Chab-1" <Chab-1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FEC8FCB1-60A4-4B55-91A9-E722F152EDDC@microsoft.com...
> > Hi. Have Windows XP and all updates, DSL, etc. The prob: My computer
> > randomly
> > has these "pauses" that send up a "Please Wait" prompt unexpectedly, turns
> > my
> > colorful desktop grey for 10 seconds (usually while I'm in the middle of
> > something) and then pops back to normal. In the meantime, whatever
> > connection-sensitive thing I'm doing is lost (as in long downloads;
> > messenger
> > conversations, etc.). The interface, etc. is fine afterwards, but losing
> > stuff from not knowing when these unscheduled "time outs" occur is VERY
> > frustrating and inconvenient. Don't know where to look to disable this,
> > whatever it is. Anyone ever experience the same thing? If so, how do I
> > STOP
> > it? Thanx
>
>
>

Look in the System and Application logs of Event Viewer and post copies
of Warning and Error Reports.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools,
Event Viewer. When researching the meaning of the error, information
regarding Event ID, Source and Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
button resembling two pages. Double click the button and close Event
Viewer. Now start your message(email) and do a paste into the body of the
message. This will paste the info from the Event Viewer Error Report
complete with links into the message. Make sure this is the first paste
after exiting from Event Viewer.

Have you checked connections to see whether any are loose?

--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Chab-1" <Chab1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FE37F6DC-A2E7-4B4E-93D6-8FB8F0EE01AD@microsoft.com...
>I have the latest Norton, Spybot, Microsoft Firewall and Baseline Security
> Analyzer, all scheduled for overnight, and all with the latest updates
> (I'm
> paranoid, so my computer is rather secure for someone with nothing to hide
> or
> lose. :-) Plus, the prompt window that reads "Please wait" before things
> go
> grey, has a Windows icon. So far, I haven't been able to catch anyone live
> at
> Windows support, which is why I've turned to "the people" for an answer.
> :-)
>
> So, are you saying maybe some security software causes this "time out"? If
> so, it only lasts for a few seconds, there's no report anywhere that I can
> find, but it stops me from doing anything until it's over, esp. if I'm in
> Messenger, playing a cyber game, trying to connect somewhere, while I'm in
> the middle of sending something, etc. Very frustrating as I can predict
> when
> it'll happen, and it doesn't leave anything wrong, just jacks me over when
> I'm doing something. Does any of this at all sound familiar to anyone?
>
> "Gerry Cornell" wrote:
>
>> What are your anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall arrangements?
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~
>> FCA
>> Stourport, England
>>
>> Enquire, plan and execute
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> "Chab-1" <Chab-1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:FEC8FCB1-60A4-4B55-91A9-E722F152EDDC@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi. Have Windows XP and all updates, DSL, etc. The prob: My computer
>> > randomly
>> > has these "pauses" that send up a "Please Wait" prompt unexpectedly,
>> > turns
>> > my
>> > colorful desktop grey for 10 seconds (usually while I'm in the middle
>> > of
>> > something) and then pops back to normal. In the meantime, whatever
>> > connection-sensitive thing I'm doing is lost (as in long downloads;
>> > messenger
>> > conversations, etc.). The interface, etc. is fine afterwards, but
>> > losing
>> > stuff from not knowing when these unscheduled "time outs" occur is VERY
>> > frustrating and inconvenient. Don't know where to look to disable
>> > this,
>> > whatever it is. Anyone ever experience the same thing? If so, how do I
>> > STOP
>> > it? Thanx
>>
>>
>>

I will take your advice about the Event Viewer, but it doesn't present itself
as an error report, a preventative action, or something that would be
recorded in an error report, but I'll look. Thanks!

"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

> Look in the System and Application logs of Event Viewer and post copies
> of Warning and Error Reports.
>
> You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools,
> Event Viewer. When researching the meaning of the error, information
> regarding Event ID, Source and Description are important.
>
> HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp
>
> A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
> click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
> button resembling two pages. Double click the button and close Event
> Viewer. Now start your message(email) and do a paste into the body of the
> message. This will paste the info from the Event Viewer Error Report
> complete with links into the message. Make sure this is the first paste
> after exiting from Event Viewer.
>
> Have you checked connections to see whether any are loose?
>
> --
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
>
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> "Chab-1" <Chab1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FE37F6DC-A2E7-4B4E-93D6-8FB8F0EE01AD@microsoft.com...
> >I have the latest Norton, Spybot, Microsoft Firewall and Baseline Security
> > Analyzer, all scheduled for overnight, and all with the latest updates
> > (I'm
> > paranoid, so my computer is rather secure for someone with nothing to hide
> > or
> > lose. :-) Plus, the prompt window that reads "Please wait" before things
> > go
> > grey, has a Windows icon. So far, I haven't been able to catch anyone live
> > at
> > Windows support, which is why I've turned to "the people" for an answer.
> > :-)
> >
> > So, are you saying maybe some security software causes this "time out"? If
> > so, it only lasts for a few seconds, there's no report anywhere that I can
> > find, but it stops me from doing anything until it's over, esp. if I'm in
> > Messenger, playing a cyber game, trying to connect somewhere, while I'm in
> > the middle of sending something, etc. Very frustrating as I can predict
> > when
> > it'll happen, and it doesn't leave anything wrong, just jacks me over when
> > I'm doing something. Does any of this at all sound familiar to anyone?
> >
> > "Gerry Cornell" wrote:
> >
> >> What are your anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall arrangements?
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Hope this helps.
> >>
> >> Gerry
> >> ~~~~
> >> FCA
> >> Stourport, England
> >>
> >> Enquire, plan and execute
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>
> >> "Chab-1" <Chab-1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:FEC8FCB1-60A4-4B55-91A9-E722F152EDDC@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi. Have Windows XP and all updates, DSL, etc. The prob: My computer
> >> > randomly
> >> > has these "pauses" that send up a "Please Wait" prompt unexpectedly,
> >> > turns
> >> > my
> >> > colorful desktop grey for 10 seconds (usually while I'm in the middle
> >> > of
> >> > something) and then pops back to normal. In the meantime, whatever
> >> > connection-sensitive thing I'm doing is lost (as in long downloads;
> >> > messenger
> >> > conversations, etc.). The interface, etc. is fine afterwards, but
> >> > losing
> >> > stuff from not knowing when these unscheduled "time outs" occur is VERY
> >> > frustrating and inconvenient. Don't know where to look to disable
> >> > this,
> >> > whatever it is. Anyone ever experience the same thing? If so, how do I
> >> > STOP
> >> > it? Thanx
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>