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by srose

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I have installed Windows 2000 on my computer. Once or twice my computer locks up on me. I can launch the Task List and end a task, but the Task List window will then not close. If I CTRL ALT DELETE again and select SHUT DOWN, restart, the computer will seem to unlock and then reboot. I have noticed that my computer frequently locks when I am using my IE 5.5 browser. I do have both Windows 2000 service packs installed. My guess is that I am having a virtual memory issue of some sort. How should I configure my perfomace options?

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by soekratis

There is a few thing you can do here.

On the the OS level, go to the "C" drive if that is the drive you've installed the OS and locate "Documents and Settings". There you will find your profiles and look into "Local Settings-Temp" folder. Select all files in the "Temp" folder and delete it. Make sure close all applications before taking this step. Don't worry, this procedure will not cause any harm to your system.

As for IE 5.5 browser, corrupted Temporary Internet Files could also give you "hang-like" condition when browsing certain pages. Remove it from the Browser's "Tool-Internet Options".

One last thing, Go to "Administrator Tools" and select "Local Security Policy". Next, select "Security Options" and Enable the "Clearvirtual memory pagefile when system shutdown". This will force the system to re-create a new pagefile (VM) when the sytem is shutdown and start. Remember to "Shutdown" completely before restart.

Regards
Soekratis

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