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

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I cannot open my mail. It keeps saying not responding and freezes

Hi,
I have a serious problem with my Opera web browser "not responding" at almost every comand. I have updated my Vista with the newest servicepack and I use the latest verson of Opera. The problem occur just with Opera. Any ideas?

I have a chronic and severe case of DO NOT RESPONDing. It seems to have grown when I unwittingly acquired COMPUSERVE, which I did not elect to have, but that seemingly has pirated my system. This happened when I subscribed to Norton Antivirus and was required to remove all antivirus programs so they could download the Norton. I was told that the download would take about 45 minutes, the sytem would turn off, and when I restarted it I would have Norton operational. However, when I turned on my system, it had been taken over by COMPUSERVE and there was no Norton--which basically told me that if I did not send them "only $19.95 a month" they would crash my system. I called the Norton tech and they spent hours, and were able to download the Norton and get most of the COMPUSERVE off my system, but it is still festering in a folder on my desk top, that also contains all of the files on my system. I cannot delete it. When I try to drag the files to the TRASH, I get a message that says "YOU CAN NOT DELETE THIS FILE." Since then, everything I do is very slow and if I have even two files open, it (does not respond). ALSO I can not RESTORE my system to a date before it was eaten by COMPUSERVE, as they also disabled my restore application and it does not work after the date of seizure. ANYBODY know about this and does anyone have any SOLUTIONS to rid myself of COMPUSERVE?????????????? THANKS S

I try to log my facebook on my profile it says "not responding" it was annoying me.

Ok, i have been trying to download call of duty world at war beta, and when its done downloading, i choose run, and it starts to install, but then i get the not responding thing! It happens with almost anything i download of the internet. please help?

Jacqui Faulkner posted here at June 29, 2008 9:51 AM and mentioned her own solution to 'Not Responding' messages.
I sure can relate to the frustration these messages and the delays in processing Windows commands can cause.
I run McAfee Security and McAfee SiteAdvisor is an automatic installation component which sits on the bottom of your screen above the Task Bar.
So, I have discovered that by clicking the little arrow next to the McAfee SiteAdvisor icon a drop down menu appears and there is the Disable McAfee SiteAdvisor option.
I have done that and will report back here in one week and let you know the outcome.
PS I will surely know if this makes a difference as I would average 10 or more 'Not Responding' messages per day.

It's not McAfee. I have the same issue. I have seen on another site that it's the microsoft update creating the problem. Delete the update...can't remember the number and it fixed the problem. I still have the issue since I did not have the update and if I do I can't find it. The "not responding" is on all of my programs. It's very frustrating. I hope someone can find the answer soon.

I'm on AOL 9.0 when I go to the search box there is no mouse arrow only the "I" cursor, you click and nothing happens then the bar at the top flashes several times the "I" becomes an egg timer then its ays at top AOL 9.0 Not Responding, before allowing you to search as normal. Facebook and some other programs have behaved similar.

I have vista home premium and my (not responding
) problem occurs about every 30 minutes or so. It seems to always pop up whenever I use the Firefox 3 and I was wondering if it had to do with a browser that windows would rather not see succeed. I've even changed from the firefox beta version thinking it was still full of bugs.
Anyway...any suggestions?

I have been trying to download Yahoo IM. It loads up to 100% and freezes and then i get a message that program is not responding. Why is this and what can I do to fix it?
Thanks

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