"(Not Responding)" - What does it mean, and what do I do about it?

on internet all the ti butme but i do give rest but it been doing it all the time sence i have it.when im on it still does it still doing it . please help me i spent to much money on this already need help to keep it on at all times when im on it thank you. connie iler. got it at walmart cheap one e machine.

I too have the "not responding" curse and if I let the computer just set, it corrects itself after a few minutes. The interesting factor is that I have 2 computers. both on a cable connection, and it seems to occur more often on one than the other. I swapped the 2 machines and it happened again...more on the swapped one than the other. Ever heard on an internet connection being the culprit?

Hello Leo
I can see by the comments that tons of folk are having the not responding prob on XP, but from what i can see is that we still do not know what to do about it. so, short of reinstalling windows, what do i do about it? can you tell me?

thanx chilly

As you'll see in the article you just commented on, "it could be anything", so there's no advice that I can give here that will simply answer "what to do about it". It depends on all of the specifics of your situation. Reread the article and perhaps you'll have some ideas of where to look in your situation, but this is a case where there's little specific "how to fix" advice I can offer.

26-Feb-2010