WLM blocking other programs from working?

I've ran into a few situations where I generally had to reboot to clear a
problem up, but after yesterday, I think I've found out the problem.

I use MailWasher to get rid of spam in my inbox. But there are times when I
will start it, and it shows as a running process, but I never get the window
to open. Yesterday was such a day. And I forgot about it.

I also tried to use IE 7, and it refused to load my home page, Google. I
let it spin for an hour, and never got anything, and never got a time out.

I decided to play Total Annhilation (yeah, it's old), and the video started
flickering from the IM programs trying to show me who's logging in and out.
So I clicked out of TA and terminated the IM programs. Yahoo Messenger
wouldn't respond, so I killed that process. AIM terminated fine. WLM (8.1)
wouldn't respond either, so I killed that process. The MailWasher I had
forgotten about popped up. I decided to try IE 7 again, and got the home
page just like that. I've sent feedback.

Anybody else noticing this?

Greetings,

It sounds like some thread was holding everything back. I think you have a bigger issue than
just Messenger here.

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"Bryan Price" <Bryan > wrote in message
news:E0EEAB78-682C-4DBA-9334-...
> I've ran into a few situations where I generally had to reboot to clear a
> problem up, but after yesterday, I think I've found out the problem.
>
> I use MailWasher to get rid of spam in my inbox. But there are times when I
> will start it, and it shows as a running process, but I never get the window
> to open. Yesterday was such a day. And I forgot about it.
>
> I also tried to use IE 7, and it refused to load my home page, Google. I
> let it spin for an hour, and never got anything, and never got a time out.
>
> I decided to play Total Annhilation (yeah, it's old), and the video started
> flickering from the IM programs trying to show me who's logging in and out.
> So I clicked out of TA and terminated the IM programs. Yahoo Messenger
> wouldn't respond, so I killed that process. AIM terminated fine. WLM (8.1)
> wouldn't respond either, so I killed that process. The MailWasher I had
> forgotten about popped up. I decided to try IE 7 again, and got the home
> page just like that. I've sent feedback.
>
> Anybody else noticing this?

That may very well be. I've been delaying a wipe and reinstall, although
most of my other issues went away when I moved my computer desk around and
rewired (USB related issues) recently.

Thanks!

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> It sounds like some thread was holding everything back. I think you have a bigger issue than
> just Messenger here.
>
>
> "Bryan Price" <Bryan > wrote in message
> news:E0EEAB78-682C-4DBA-9334-...
> > I've ran into a few situations where I generally had to reboot to clear a
> > problem up, but after yesterday, I think I've found out the problem.
> >
> > I use MailWasher to get rid of spam in my inbox. But there are times when I
> > will start it, and it shows as a running process, but I never get the window
> > to open. Yesterday was such a day. And I forgot about it.
> >
> > I also tried to use IE 7, and it refused to load my home page, Google. I
> > let it spin for an hour, and never got anything, and never got a time out.
> >
> > I decided to play Total Annhilation (yeah, it's old), and the video started
> > flickering from the IM programs trying to show me who's logging in and out.
> > So I clicked out of TA and terminated the IM programs. Yahoo Messenger
> > wouldn't respond, so I killed that process. AIM terminated fine. WLM (8.1)
> > wouldn't respond either, so I killed that process. The MailWasher I had
> > forgotten about popped up. I decided to try IE 7 again, and got the home
> > page just like that. I've sent feedback.
> >
> > Anybody else noticing this?
>
>