That is part of the oddity. The CPU is not taxed, nor can I see any program
using resources. Multiple scans by various products have yielded no clues.
"Not Me" wrote:
> It sounds like something is using the CPU at 100% during that time, once it
> finishes it releases and you can work again.
> Without knowing what you have installed/running, it's impossible to give you
> other advice.
> I would rid myself of anything from Symantec/Norton and do a complete
> malware check.
>
> "ADKR" <> wrote in message
> news:201F8E82-A9EF-4CA8-847D-...
> > About every five minutes the screen freezes. The USB mouse and touch pad
> > moves the pointer, but cannot close a program. I can get it to unfreeze
> > eventually through a CONTROL-ALT-DELETE without having to close any
> > programs.
> > However that takes a couple of minutes wait time. I am not sure when this
> > started and would like to try something before a restore point. This is
> > an
> > HP laptop with Vista Home Premium. All Windows updates installed. Not
> > using
> > Firefox or other browser. Thanks for your ideas.
>
>
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