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Posted by NetReamer David on November 19, 2005, 1:35 pm
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It's been many months since this issue was discussed (It's November now, this
discussion was back in March), but I'm now having this problem. I suppose
the software has updated itself overtime, but I need to uninstall MSN Search
now due to Explorer hangs.
It happens when the index is being built. It isn't right away, but
eventually I can no longer interact with windows/apps running on my system,
though they aren't necessarily hung (yet). I've let the system sit in the
state overnight, but it's no better in the morning. This does not happen
when the indexer is idle or paused.
Very frustrating that this can be happening. XP has been very stable for me
and I've rarely (if ever) had an application HANG the system. I've had
drivers crash my PC, but not applications.
I wonder how many people have this problem and don't know to look here for
assistance and therefore of course don't post here.
"Synerdigm" wrote:
> I installed the latest (as of 03/05/2005) beta version of the MSN Desktop
> Explorer, along with a fix that was recommended, on a 2.8GHz Pentium 4HT Dell
> 8300 with 1GB RAM and Windows XP SP2, Norton AV 2005 and Zone Alarm
> 5.5.062.011. The program did a fine job of indexing and displaying search
> results.
>
> However, I found that my Windows Explorer would crash inexplicably and
> unpredictably, sometimes recovering itself, but frequently presenting the
> white screen of a near death experience, aka the window that asks if the user
> wishes to restore the active desktop.
>
> The glitch was serious enough that I had to restore the C:\ (system) drive
> to take the machine back to status quo ante. Fortunately, we're prepared for
> such thing here at my company, so it wasn't a major bother.
>
> I wonder if anyone else has experienced this problem? If it weren't for this
> rather annoying hiccup, MSN Desktop Search would be a tremendous asset in my
> work. To the extent that I was able to use it, I was impressed with it, and
> eagerly look forward to the release of a more stable version.
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