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Hi,
Not sure if any other users have had this problem...

I have an IBM Thinkpad T41 with WinXP SP2, 512M RAM PentiumM 1.6GHz.

Whenever I use netmeeting and close it, my entire computer slows down -
if I click on Start button or any of the menu options it takes a
noticeable amt of time before I can see the menulist. When I looked at
the Task Manager, clicking anything basically makes either
iexplorer.exe (if open) or explorer.exe to hog all the CPU resources.

I have checked my computer for spyware, virus and even had everything
reinstalled but the problem still persists but I have narrowed it down
to the use of Netmeeting. Currently my only solution is to reboot.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what is causing the problem and how
I can fix it?

On 7 Sep 2005 09:45:49 -0700, rr wrote:

Hi,
Not sure if any other users have had this problem...

I have an IBM Thinkpad T41 with WinXP SP2, 512M RAM PentiumM 1.6GHz.

Whenever I use netmeeting and close it, my entire computer slows down -
if I click on Start button or any of the menu options it takes a
noticeable amt of time before I can see the menulist. When I looked at
the Task Manager, clicking anything basically makes either
iexplorer.exe (if open) or explorer.exe to hog all the CPU resources.

I have checked my computer for spyware, virus and even had everything
reinstalled but the problem still persists but I have narrowed it down
to the use of Netmeeting. Currently my only solution is to reboot.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what is causing the problem and how
I can fix it?


I don't know what the issue might be -- I have seen a similar report here
though ( maybe it was you ?). I can't think how NetMeeting could have this
effect.

What happens if you use the Task Manager and kill the task that is
apparently the problem? Does the high cpu usage stop?

The tasks in question are iexplorer.exe (which kills internet explorer
if open), the next one that gets affected in explorer.exe or
winlogon.exe. Killing either shuts down windows.

I did check another forum where a similar porblem was encountered with
media player (i think) and the fix was something in the registry. I
wasnt sure how to delete the registry though - i.e. do I delete the
value or the entire folder?
http://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/lofiv ... 12226.html

Thanks Brian
I am not sure how I can check if I have the latest gfx driver and how
to update it. I have an ATI Radeon 9000 card on my laptop. I tried
doing an update driver from MyComputer Properties but it could not find
anything newer. Thx