Close program feature

When pressing ctrl/alt/del to advance to close programs. Upon clicking end task the computer hangs. I have to shut down to continue. This has been happening for a few days now. There hasn't been anything unusual added or taken away as far as installs. Anyone have any ideas for correction? Thanks,

 

Hi JimmieC
Welcome to the boards! After a fresh boot, do a ctrl/alt/del again, and list for us everything you have in the close programs dialogue box please?

Daizy

 

Daizy; Thanks for responding. As you asked:
Explorer
Iam
Rundll32
Navauw32
Em_exec
Iamapp
Lxsupmon
Systemtray
Thank you!

 

Hi again JimmieC
I've no idea what "Iam" is.......do you? Not sure why you've got Rundll32 running either.
Can you go into msconfig and tell us what you have checked in there?
(Start........run........type in: msconfig .......Click ok.....and look under the start up tab.)

You can uncheck Lxsupmon and Em_exec while you're in there, if you like.

Daizy

 

Daizy; Longer list this time.
NVIEW
iamapp
NvCplDaemon
nwiz
Scan Registry
Task Monitor
System Tray
Load Power Profile
NAV Agent
EM_EXEC
Lexstart
Lexmark Prin Tray
LXSUPMON
QuickTimeTask
Script Blocking
nisserv
Scheduling Agent
SSDPSRV
State Mgr
TweakUI
Internet Answering Machine
Thanks again,

 

NVIEW- Do you use this? If not, uncheck it. This is a DLL to enable multiple display monitors on a single computer. It can be a cause of numerous problems on some computers.

iamapp - leave it - AtGuard personal firewall

NvCplDaemon- up to you......I'd uncheck it - Intializes the clock and memory settings on nVidia based graphics cards

nwiz - do you use it?....I'd uncheck it. You can always go back and re-check - Associated with the newer versions of nVidia graphics cards drivers. Allows you to immensely improve desktop layouts by setting preferences and optimizations. However, this isn't necessary for the operation of your system

Scan Registry - leave it

Task Monitor - leave it.

System Tray - leave it.

Load Power Profile - leave it.

NAV Agent - leave it.

EM_EXEC - up to you.....I'd uncheck it - Logitech Mouseware driver. Needed to support some additional functionality of Logitech mice/trackballs such as "SmartMove ". If you disable it and find you don't need it leave it disabled

Lexstart - Lexmark printer software may add Lexstart.exe in the startup folder to handle print commands that you send to the printer. Sometimes required for the printer to work correctly - not in the case of a Lexmark Z42 for instance

Lexmark Prin Tray - Lexmark Printer icon in the System Tray for quick access. Not required - uncheck via Printer configuration rather than MSCONFIG. Can also be listed as PrinTray

LXSUPMON - uncheck it - Lexmark Printer. The printer should work fine without it

QuickTimeTask - Uncheck it - System Tray access to Apple's "Quick Time" viewer from version 5 onwards

Script Blocking - leave it.

nisserv - Norton Personal Firewall...... Are you running 2 firewalls???

Scheduling Agent - leave it.

SSDPSRV - uncheck......and follow these instructions: Simple Service Discovery Protocol (SSDP) and General Event Notification Architecture (GENA) services for network plug and play functionality. Starts up a web server on port 5000. Used by Universal Plug and Play (for network device discovery). To remove this program, open Add/Remove Programs, select either Communications (Me) or Networking Services (XP), and remove the checkmark next to Universal Plug and Play

State Mgr - leave it.

TweakUI - up to you

Internet Answering Machine - up to you.

Daizy

 

Daizy; I would like to thank you once more. The information you offered was most helpful. The most appreciated, was your explaining in such a concise and clear manner. I have read other answered posts of yours, and look forward to the ones yet to be entered. You are a great asset to this forum. Thanks again,

 

Well, thank you so much JimmieC. What a kind thing to say.
Now tell the truth....... Have I given you information overload? Please tell me if I have. I'd be more than happy to break it down a little more?

Your computer will only thank you, for unchecking what was suggested. It will most certainly boot faster for you. Whether we've also eliminated the freezing that's occuring, is yet to be seen.

I'm a huge fan of Windows ME.....but the system loves it's resources. So, getting rod of extra apps from loading at start up, will help.

As dearly as I'd love to take the kudos... pacs portal provided most of it.

Daizy