Resolving Windows XP Control Panel Freezes
When
the Windows XP control panel freezes , this can happen for a
number of reasons, the most common of these.
Happens when Windows is not shut
down correctly, I had exactly this error on a clients computer,
a power caused Windows to throw a wobbly when the computer came
back on everything seemed to be fine, until I needed to go into
control panel then the computer simply hung.
It was left like this for about 30
mins, after this the computer was forcibly shutdown and
rebooted, then a thorough scan disk was run, but no errors were
found, but still it hung trying to get into Control Panel.
Before
you start rebuilding your whole computer
One way I
found around this problem is to login under a different account,
one with administrator rights.
Now check the Control Panel access, it should be ok, it looks as
though the Control Panel freezing only affects the profile that
was logged in at the time Windows was shutdown.
Replacing your Windows profile
I tried exporting the profile settings into a new profile but
this annoyingly copied over the issue, which confirms that it is
indeed a profile error.
To resolve the issue backup any settings or files from the
profile, the easiest way to do this is to login as another
account with administrative rights, create a new account, this
can be done by Control Panel > User Accounts >Add
> make sure you give the account Administrator rights.
Login as the new account and it’s
profile will be created, once this is done simply copy over the
files from the corrupt profile.
This can generally be found at
c:\Documents and Settings\name of profile
Now copy across anything you need
into the same location of your new profile.
Things that most people need backed
up are the Documents Folder, Favorites, Desktop.
If you user outlook make sure you copy over any PST’s or
personal folders/archives, Outlook normally saves these to
C:\Documents and
Settings\profile name\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook, now look for any personal
folders.
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