re: Ive done it again...hour glass icon Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at 11:08 am Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by John (66 messages posted) Many thanks ...Im going to give it a shot... Ive nothing to lose except my sanity. The hour glass drives me nuts. Thanks again .. John. On Thursday, February 22, 2007 at 7:47 am, John wrote: >most problems I get on the pc are self-inflicted..this is no exception. I was half >way through downloading Stopzilla and decided it was going on too long . I had two >or three attempts to stop it downloading before it finally did just that. Then I >cleared out all the files I could find associated with it. Now I have a really annoying >intermitant problem. When I return to desk top after surfing and either click on >shutdown or even Int explorer again...the hour glass icon kicks in and no action. >This does not happen every time.When I try Ctrl Alt Del it comes up with 'Explorer' >After a long wait the problem may clear but not always. Ive virus checked and also >used Spybot.Please help .... John. >ps I dont have Windows Me but have a shrewd idea that it doesnt make any difference >in this case. Written in response to: Ive done it again...hour glass icon (John: Thursday, February 22, 2007 at 7:47 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Ive done it again...hour glass icon (John: Thu, Feb 22, 2007, 7:47 am) re: Ive done it again...hour glass icon (Ms. Eagle: Sat, Feb 24, 2007, 11:10 pm) re: Ive done it again...hour glass icon (John: Sun, Feb 25, 2007, 1:51 am) re: Ive done it again...hour glass icon (Ed: Tue, Mar 6, 2007, 10:30 pm) re: Ive done it again...hour glass icon (John: Wed, Mar 7, 2007, 11:08 am) re: Ive done it again...hour glass icon (Ed: Thu, Mar 8, 2007, 2:10 pm) re: Ive done it again...hour glass icon (John: Fri, Mar 9, 2007, 12:35 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum