confused_me
September 8th, 2006, 05:51 PM
Hi everyone, I am new here and have a problem on Windows ME that just started after purchasing DSL. Now that I am connected to the internet, my computer hangs, the mouse still moves and I can occasionally surf the net(or run an program thaqt does not require "folders" to open) but no windows will open. When I use the task manager to see what is not responding it occasionally lists explorer (not IE - I am running Mozilla) and when I end task things are fixed until I try to open a folder. If I unplug the internet connection and restart, all is fine. When the computer hangs (with it connected to the net), even if it does not say explorer is not responding, if I force it to end task, all is well until I try to open another folder. So I either have a computer but no internet, or I can surf for limited amounts of time, but can do nothing else on the computer. I have run the scan disk, defrag, repaired IE, cleaned spybot and norton. All problems encountered were removed or fixed, but my main problem remains. I used to have a dial up connection, is there something I need to fix in the internet connection? I hook other computers (running XP) up to the same connectin and everything is fine. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! thanks