Control panel freezing windows 7

Yeah, I chimed in on that thread. Speed of clicking into the control panel is not a factor for me. After it hangs "not responding" , I am asked to "end process.

I also have a Dell, and a bit windows 7 operating system that is about 8 days old. I had this problem since day 1, so I think my problem is very similar to that of WayCon's. I have examined every single CPL file and four of them do nothing when I try to open them: igfxcpl bthprops irprops infocard Based on googling, I think the bthprops and irprops are bluetooth control panel devices, and the two I really was not able to discern after my search.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thursday, November 12, PM. Brand new Dell Inspiron laptop is intermittently crashing explorer. The green page-load indicator in the address bar moves right, stops after a moment, then Not responding shows up in title bar. After explorer restarts, control panel seems to work.

Monday, December 28, PM. Workman, My problem is identical to yours to the letter. Dell Inspiron laptop, same error the FIRST time trying to select something in Control Panel, restart of explorer after message comes up clears everything so Cp process works then.

Also checked. CPL files and same exact results as yours. This is about 10th day with this new Windows 7 Dell. Did you ever get a resolution? Please post. Sunday, January 17, AM. Ziegler 0. Now, open the control panel.

Please upload the file to your Skydrive and post the link here. I take at the dump, maybe I can see the cause. Sunday, January 17, PM. I've noted your suggestion and may set back and try to capture it. Wednesday, February 24, AM. After 1 minute you have an email with the link to download an exe. If it does, restart it by ticking both boxes, and rerun it to allow it to attempt to fix any found problems. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. I would much prefer to not unistall Avast as it is one of my safeguards, but if that's the only option left I will have to as must remove software from this system from time to time and can't have this issue go on.

Is there any information on what is causing this? I have seen a lot about how other software such as Norton may be responsible, but I am skeptical as nothing else has created this problem until Avast was installed. How can someone else be to blame.

That's like saying "Hotmail is the reason your Outlook won't work. Dch48 Guest. You can get CCleaner and do your uninstalling with it. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. On the Device Manager window, look for the network card drivers and let us know if you see any yellow exclamation mark in front of the Device. Access the link below to know about how to get into Device Manager:. Method II.

I would suggest you to put the computer in clean boot the following steps will help you to put the computer in clean boot. Log on to the computer by using an account that has administrator rights. Click , type msconfig. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password, or click Continue. On the General tab, click Selective Startup, and then click to clear the Load startup items check box. The Use Original Boot. On the Services tab, click to select the Hide all Microsoft services check box, and then click Disable all.

Note Following this step lets Microsoft services continue to run. If you disable these services, you may permanently delete all restore points.