- Joined
- Nov 13, 2004
- Location
- Brookline, MA
Navi is starting to do what my laptop was doing over the summer. I have WinXP and Netscape 7.2.
If I bring up the menu (right-click) for a program loaded in the system tray, the menu will stay there (I have to hit "exit" or that menus equivalent 2-3 times before it finally takes, and at least one will refuse to go away at all). Applications will often start minimized in the taskbar, and it takes 3 or 4 clicks on the minimized window before it actually maximizes itself. This appears to be an OS problem, as some programs work fine and others do the above silliness. My AVG email scanner also will turn itself off randomly. Scans come up clean.
At first I thought something was overheating (that's what the culprit was on the laptop), but my temps are within the normal range (both AsusProbe and MBM report as OK). My front case fan filter was cleaned last week, but it appears to need replacing/another cleaning already and I can see some dust on the rear fan bezel.
Navi's due for a round of upgrades/fiddling (wiring rat's nest that must be dealt with, for one) anyway; I move into my permanent campus apartment this weekend.
If I bring up the menu (right-click) for a program loaded in the system tray, the menu will stay there (I have to hit "exit" or that menus equivalent 2-3 times before it finally takes, and at least one will refuse to go away at all). Applications will often start minimized in the taskbar, and it takes 3 or 4 clicks on the minimized window before it actually maximizes itself. This appears to be an OS problem, as some programs work fine and others do the above silliness. My AVG email scanner also will turn itself off randomly. Scans come up clean.
At first I thought something was overheating (that's what the culprit was on the laptop), but my temps are within the normal range (both AsusProbe and MBM report as OK). My front case fan filter was cleaned last week, but it appears to need replacing/another cleaning already and I can see some dust on the rear fan bezel.
Navi's due for a round of upgrades/fiddling (wiring rat's nest that must be dealt with, for one) anyway; I move into my permanent campus apartment this weekend.