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

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hey leo and everybody here ... i have a really big problem with this ... please reply [email address removed]

problem: this not responding error appears to me when im using firefox or utorrent for long time and i cant do anything (alt+f4/ctrl+shift+esc/ ctrl+alt+del doesnt help!!) then i have to shut down the laptop by pressing on the turn on/off button and this not good also this make me lose recent saved data ...so please help (i use vista home premium original) and all things up to date ... please reply anybody thank you

-- Your Question --
Hello Leo,I have many questions, but perhaps no response
...????.. I asked for pop-ups(how to stop these pop-ups,
tried everything, but ....),(say hello here no pop-ups) but
not here ... my friend Leo now to stop them, but I have very
serious questions, because when I am often in my web browser
stops (blocks) and write (not Responding ).... much time is
given and I do not know ... I get emails from people not
known companies and can not stop them .. .. even had a
virus, worms and other .... now when I put my computer had
a blue screen and very quickly, says BOT DELETE screen ....
another screen, but I saw very quickly disappear, ask any
help because I think it is a hacker, hackers know me and
made me pause numbers on the computer .... I have
antivirus, but it excluded (suspended) .. suspended my
Firewall ??... I do not know what to do and assistance ....
please please please please ... Thank you very much ... With
respect, your buddy ...

I have the same problem and now cannot access anything on the computer. In looking for a fix I discovered that this is an ongoing problem since approx. 2004 on tens of thousands of computers, maybe hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, who knows. This is unbelievable. I cannot believe anyone including microsoft has not been able to or willing to fix this problem. If anyone has a fix he/she could probably make a couple million dollars.

The issue here is that it's not one problem. "Not Responding" is a symptom that can be caused by any of thousands of different types of problems. As a result it's not possible to come up with a single fix for this symptom. Each problem must be fixed individually.

29-Jul-2009

I'm getting this more and more...not responding...hanging apps...locking up. Never had any problems with connection with Comcast, but I was a fool and decided to go with Verizon FiOS. I am NOT happy....and support there is horrible. My virus, adware, spyware programs are all current and up to date. Computer is 1 and 1/2 yrs old. I'd throw it out and go back to Snail Mail, but they're closing post offices. Yada yada yada.

Let me correct what I wrote:
I too, have that "program not responding" error when clicking on MS Word and MS Excel document and worksheet files and when shutting down the computer. I tried going into windows task manager and ending explorer and then running it again. This seems to fix the problem but only temporarily. After awhile it resumes again.

I have been running antivirus and antispyware programs. The computer appears to be clean.

Please make some suggestions.

not responding
happens each time when using webcam with my grandaughter

I have "RegCure" installed on my computer but I still keep getting the Message "Not Responding" I scan with regcure but its an on going thing.
Can You Help.......Please?

Not at all surprised that a registry program would have no effect. This type of problem is rarely registry related. It is, however, related to the SPECIFIC program that's not responding. There is no single, general, fix.

09-Sep-2009

respected sir and members,i have a problem that is from 15 days.in morning when start downloading via utorrent after sometimes when i could not use my pc but utorrent is running it says not responding in task bar,and when i comes to pc,i could not use internet browser(google crome,mozilla,ie) although it is connected.what the problem seems to.i always have to shut down pc and restart.reply ppls

I was using facebook,youtube,and other site it said not responding it was happened it makes me annoying and create problems on the websites.

Hi,

I'm getting this problem too. It seems that whenever I open a bunch of programs (sibelius, orian platinum) I can't do anything in them, because the second I open them it says they aren't responding. I get the same thing with explorer too, although its less frequent.

My computer is also running painfully and ridiculously slow...

As far as I know, my norton is up to date, and I'm pretty sure I have spyware stuff too, though I don't really know... (I didn't set this computer up myself)

My real question is weather I need to take this in to a place and get it looked at or not

Thanks!
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