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Linda
Flightless Bird
I tried to post this half an hour ago, but it didn't post. Why does that
happen? It happens often.
I recently had XP Media Center reinstalled. I will boot up and sometimes it
won't recognize my mouse (the mouse won't move) and if I hit Ctl-Alt-Del
several times, the task manager will finally appear, but it won't allow me to
use it. I can't click on it, I can't hit "E" to end task. Basically, it
seems it won't recognize my keyboard or the mouse. Everything is just locked.
So, then, I manually turn the computer off, which I have been told repeatedly
is very bad for the hard drive and which I have had to do dozens and dozens
of times with this computer. My mouse is a plug-and-play, very old (and very
good) Logitech TrackMan Vista. I never had this problem before the reinstall
(which a professional did). The MS driver should work with the mouse, and
always did. Logitech does not supply a driver.
The problem is totally random--not correlated to updates, any programs
added. If I manually shut down, the mouse almost always works on restart. I
have done a lot of searching on the internet, can't find an answer.
BTW--computer is HP Pavilion a1540n running windows media center edition but
without all the unneeded HP junk on it.
Prior to this, the computer would not save my refresh rate, randomly
defaulting to 60 Hz and a different resolution. I modified the registry to
fix that problem.
Since this problem began, in fact, in the last couple of days, when i am on
Internet Explorer, I am sometimes getting a message that says "STack overflow
at line ___." I don't know what it means or why it pops up, but if I click
OK, it lets me continue to the website. Don't know if this is related.
Thank you for your help.
happen? It happens often.
I recently had XP Media Center reinstalled. I will boot up and sometimes it
won't recognize my mouse (the mouse won't move) and if I hit Ctl-Alt-Del
several times, the task manager will finally appear, but it won't allow me to
use it. I can't click on it, I can't hit "E" to end task. Basically, it
seems it won't recognize my keyboard or the mouse. Everything is just locked.
So, then, I manually turn the computer off, which I have been told repeatedly
is very bad for the hard drive and which I have had to do dozens and dozens
of times with this computer. My mouse is a plug-and-play, very old (and very
good) Logitech TrackMan Vista. I never had this problem before the reinstall
(which a professional did). The MS driver should work with the mouse, and
always did. Logitech does not supply a driver.
The problem is totally random--not correlated to updates, any programs
added. If I manually shut down, the mouse almost always works on restart. I
have done a lot of searching on the internet, can't find an answer.
BTW--computer is HP Pavilion a1540n running windows media center edition but
without all the unneeded HP junk on it.
Prior to this, the computer would not save my refresh rate, randomly
defaulting to 60 Hz and a different resolution. I modified the registry to
fix that problem.
Since this problem began, in fact, in the last couple of days, when i am on
Internet Explorer, I am sometimes getting a message that says "STack overflow
at line ___." I don't know what it means or why it pops up, but if I click
OK, it lets me continue to the website. Don't know if this is related.
Thank you for your help.
4:02 -0700, Linda