Rare OS glitch

I'm not sure how common this is. Sometimes when I am opening a folder, it
will display a folder in a different directory for about 2 seconds, before
switching back. This happened on XP, but I've never had that problem on
Linux, yet. Is this an OS problem or my hard drive goin nuts?

Is this a Vista question? (Just trying to get you to the newsgroup that can
help you the most.)



"Dave" <> wrote in message
news:542E2D20-1EB7-4AF0-A1F7-...
> I'm not sure how common this is. Sometimes when I am opening a folder, it
> will display a folder in a different directory for about 2 seconds, before
> switching back. This happened on XP, but I've never had that problem on
> Linux, yet. Is this an OS problem or my hard drive goin nuts?

Honestly, I don't know what to call it as. It maybe general windows in which
I would be in the wrong area.

"DP" wrote:

> Is this a Vista question? (Just trying to get you to the newsgroup that can
> help you the most.)
>
>
>
> "Dave" <> wrote in message
> news:542E2D20-1EB7-4AF0-A1F7-...
> > I'm not sure how common this is. Sometimes when I am opening a folder, it
> > will display a folder in a different directory for about 2 seconds, before
> > switching back. This happened on XP, but I've never had that problem on
> > Linux, yet. Is this an OS problem or my hard drive goin nuts?
>
>

"Dave" <> wrote in message
news:BD22BFF3-BAB4-4959-BB91-...
> Honestly, I don't know what to call it as. It maybe general windows in
> which
> I would be in the wrong area.
>
> "DP" wrote:
>
>> Is this a Vista question? (Just trying to get you to the newsgroup that
>> can
>> help you the most.)
>>
>>
>>
>> "Dave" <> wrote in message
>> news:542E2D20-1EB7-4AF0-A1F7-...
>> > I'm not sure how common this is. Sometimes when I am opening a folder,
>> > it
>> > will display a folder in a different directory for about 2 seconds,
>> > before
>> > switching back. This happened on XP, but I've never had that problem on
>> > Linux, yet. Is this an OS problem or my hard drive goin nuts?
>>
>>


Are you running Vista, XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98, or... ???

Lang

Beats me, better not tell or they will all want that feature:-))



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Ian

"Dave" <> wrote in message
news:542E2D20-1EB7-4AF0-A1F7-...
> I'm not sure how common this is. Sometimes when I am opening a folder, it
> will display a folder in a different directory for about 2 seconds, before
> switching back. This happened on XP, but I've never had that problem on
> Linux, yet. Is this an OS problem or my hard drive goin nuts?
>

Best thing to do is stay with Linux as you never had that problem there !

"Dave" <> wrote in message
news:542E2D20-1EB7-4AF0-A1F7-...
> I'm not sure how common this is. Sometimes when I am opening a folder, it
> will display a folder in a different directory for about 2 seconds, before
> switching back. This happened on XP, but I've never had that problem on
> Linux, yet. Is this an OS problem or my hard drive goin nuts?

Bill Yanaire wrote:
> Best thing to do is stay with Linux as you never had that problem there !
>
> "Dave" <> wrote in message
> news:542E2D20-1EB7-4AF0-A1F7-...
>> I'm not sure how common this is. Sometimes when I am opening a folder, it
>> will display a folder in a different directory for about 2 seconds, before
>> switching back. This happened on XP, but I've never had that problem on
>> Linux, yet. Is this an OS problem or my hard drive goin nuts?
>
>

troll

Dave <> wrote:

> I'm not sure how common this is. Sometimes when I am opening a
> folder, it will display a folder in a different directory for
> about 2 seconds, before switching back. This happened on XP, but
> I've never had that problem on Linux, yet. Is this an OS problem
> or my hard drive goin nuts?

Wild guess, something is hogging your CPU? You say "sometimes" so it's
not regular behavior, what else is going on when you see this?

NOTE: You can open Task Manager, select the Processes tab, click on
Options and select Always on Top, then click on the cpu tab to sort so
that the processes using the most CPU (usually System Idle Process if
you're not doing anything else) are on top and then leave it open as
you go about your other tasks, you can move it to one side or whatever
to keep it out of the way, then when the problem occurs, see what's
running.




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