Cursor lock up

Win 95B, 133mhz, 64megs, of ram, AVG anti virus, Explorer 5.5,4G harddrive ,lotsa room.

When I come off the internet, click disconnect, my cursor freezes, unless I wait a little bit before clicking disconnect ( sometimes I forget to wait!) That`s the only time it bothers that way with any consistency. Control, Alternate, Delete doesn`t show anything, I just have to shut down with the 120V switch.
They are infernal machines!
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Here is what I have in my notes on lockups and freezes. Hope it helps.
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Disable WINS resolution

1. Click on Start, choose Settings, then choose Control Panel.
2. Double-click the Network icon.
3. Click once on the TCP/IP entry, then click the Properties button.
4. Go to the WINS Configuration tab and put a dot beside where it says,
"Disable WINS Resolution. "
5. Click OK, then OK sgain.
6. Reboot the system.

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Author: Michael Santovec
Email: michael_santovec@prodigy.net
Date: 1998/10/10
Forums: microsoft.public.inetexplorer.ie4.outlookexpress

A number of other people have noted that moving the mouse during disconnect can trigger the freeze. And the following usually fixes the problem.

There is a intermittent problem where Win95 hangs while disconnecting from
an ISP when using the Dial-up Networking. For reasons unknown, it affects some people, but not others. Those affected typically encounter the problem for about 10% of disconnects.

There are 2 possible workarounds, provided that you don't also use your PC on a LAN using Netbios over TCP/IP.

Preferred:
1) In Control Panel, Network, TCP/IP, Properties, WINS Configuration ****
- disable WINS Resolution.

If the above doesn't help try:
2) Rename file C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VNBT.386 to something else
(e.g. OLD_VNBT.386)

You should restart Win95 after applying either change to make sure it takes
effect.

Notes:
- Option #1 may cause the file C:\WINDOWS\WINSOCK.DLL to be renamed C:\WINDOWS\WINSOCK.OLD. This would prevent 16-bit programs from accessing the Internet (32-bit programs would not be affected as they use WSOCK32.DLL). If you use 16-bit programs, rename the file back to its original name to fix the problem.-

 

Thanks for the reply,I disabled the WINS Resolutionand rebooted,We`ll see what happens.
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Good luck. Post back and let us know if the lockups stop.

 

Miraculous!
So far so good, If it happens any more I`ll notify you. Thanks a bunch.
I typed the cure off and put it in my help book.

 

That's great! I'll keep my fingers crossed that the problem is fixed for good.

That fix worked for me and I've been passing it on ever since.