Control panel closes by itself

I have been having a strange problem with WinXP Pro.

When I try to access the Networking icon in Control Panel, it opens the
Networking tools very briefly (less thana second), and then Control
Panel closes by itself. After this, the taskbar and system tray appear
to restart (all the icons clear and then come back one-by-one, just
like when XP is booting up, only much quicker).

Sometimes the Networking tools don't appear at all before Control Panel
closes down. Sometimes, even trying to start Control Panel itself
(without going into the Networking section) produces the same result:
Control Panel closes, the taskbar resets.

My IT person at the office suggested re-installing Internet Explorer,
as he recently had a similar problem and that fixed it. I tried this
(got the full 75M download of IE6), but it didn't help.

Everything else seems to be working okay.

I have scanned with two different virus scanners and found nothing.
I'm very puzzled by this and would like to solve it. Any help would be
greatly appreciated.

hwg

Have a look at this thread
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?p=80536

Also scan for spyware. Most AV programs will not find spyware.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:1136233407.888527.281340@g44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com,
hwg <hwg434@yahoo.com> hunted and pecked:
> I have been having a strange problem with WinXP Pro.
>
> When I try to access the Networking icon in Control Panel, it opens the
> Networking tools very briefly (less thana second), and then Control
> Panel closes by itself. After this, the taskbar and system tray appear
> to restart (all the icons clear and then come back one-by-one, just
> like when XP is booting up, only much quicker).
>
> Sometimes the Networking tools don't appear at all before Control Panel
> closes down. Sometimes, even trying to start Control Panel itself
> (without going into the Networking section) produces the same result:
> Control Panel closes, the taskbar resets.
>
> My IT person at the office suggested re-installing Internet Explorer,
> as he recently had a similar problem and that fixed it. I tried this
> (got the full 75M download of IE6), but it didn't help.
>
> Everything else seems to be working okay.
>
> I have scanned with two different virus scanners and found nothing.
> I'm very puzzled by this and would like to solve it. Any help would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> hwg

I did also run SpyBot...


hwg