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My Network Places Not Responding

Hi Experts,

I have an HP Compacq nx7010 laptop that has win xp installed.

I have this problem that I can not sometimes browse or open 'My Network Places', it hangs up and after a while I get a busy signal 'Not Responding'.

When I open 'My Network Places' by double clicking on it, in this case I actually get 'Not Responding' every time. Exploring 'My Network Places' responds most of the time. What could be the problem?

Not I tried reinstalling Windows, to no avail.

Regards,

Christian

Worked4me

You can try a few things and see if they work.
Open up My Computer, Tools, Folder Options, the View tab, and uncheck the
Automatically for Network Folders and files, and click ok.

You can also go to Start, Run, type ncpa.cpl and hit enter.
If you have a connection in the Lan or High Speed connection area
Right click, properties, see if you have the client service for Netware installed.
If it's installed but you don't use the service uninstall it.

This is the Microsoft article on a similar problem.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=831938

Good Luck.

Havin_it

Hmm, interesting. I'm having a similar problem with a Win ME machine, which I think may be due to hardware issues. Do you have access to a different NIC and/or different port for testing?

I've hit a wall with my problem so I'll be watching this one with interest.

Christian2000zm

ASKER

Dear worked4me,

I tried what you mentioned on folder options, and there is no Netware installed.

I ran all the windows xp updates I can get, but to no avail.

I will try a different port, but I have a strong feeling that it has nothing to do with ports.

Regards,

CHristian

Asta Cu

How current is XP (WindowsUpdate)? XP SP1 or SP2?

Worked4me

You need to check the event view and see what error is listed with the Application Hang.
Go to Start, Run, and type eventvwr.msc, then click the Application line on left.
Look through any of the red X's in the window to the right and look for one
that says Application Hang. You may have to check the System line for the error
instead of the Application one.

You can cut and paste the Description to the error message here so we can
determine what's causing the problem.

Good Luck.

Christian2000zm

ASKER

Hi Experts, Worked4me

I checked event viewer, on application hang errors i see the following\;

Hanging applicaion explorer.exe version6.0.2800.1106, hang module hungapp, version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000.

that's what i can see so far

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Christian2000zm

ASKER

Thanks experts,

It worked4me indeed.

Christian

Worked4me

Thanks, Glad to help Christian2000zm.