Control panels disappear after 10 seconds

I think I found the cause, but I'm not sure why it's causing the problem. I
have a 300GB USB hard drive (an diskGO by Edge) connected to my computer.
When I unplugged the USB drive from the computer (removing it safely, mind
you) the problems went away. If I connect the drive back up, the problems
come back. I didn't have time to check into drivers yesterday, but I will
work on that today hopefully. Any thoughts on why that would cause the
problem?


"Elmo" wrote:

> wingsfan wrote:
> > When I access many of the control panels (from the start menu or from a
> > windows explorer window) the control panel will show up for about ten seconds
> > then disappear. Examples: 1) I open Display to change the settings and in the
> > middle of changing, it just closes with no error. 2) I open Add/Remove
> > programs and try to remove a program, but window and anything that I am doing
> > closes down, again with no warning or error.
> >
> > Makes it very hard to make any changes to the computer...
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
> Run your antivirus software in Safe Mode and see if it finds anything.
> While in Safe Mode, see if the CP applets will remain open; some malware
> won't run in Safe Mode.
>
> --
> Joe =o)
>
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wingsfan wrote:
> I think I found the cause, but I'm not sure why it's causing the problem. I
> have a 300GB USB hard drive (an diskGO by Edge) connected to my computer.
> When I unplugged the USB drive from the computer (removing it safely, mind
> you) the problems went away. If I connect the drive back up, the problems
> come back. I didn't have time to check into drivers yesterday, but I will
> work on that today hopefully. Any thoughts on why that would cause the
> problem?
>
>
> "Elmo" wrote:
>
>> wingsfan wrote:
>>> When I access many of the control panels (from the start menu or from a
>>> windows explorer window) the control panel will show up for about ten seconds
>>> then disappear. Examples: 1) I open Display to change the settings and in the
>>> middle of changing, it just closes with no error. 2) I open Add/Remove
>>> programs and try to remove a program, but window and anything that I am doing
>>> closes down, again with no warning or error.
>>>
>>> Makes it very hard to make any changes to the computer...
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>> Run your antivirus software in Safe Mode and see if it finds anything.
>> While in Safe Mode, see if the CP applets will remain open; some malware
>> won't run in Safe Mode.

No, but here's help with USB drives:

Troubleshooting for USB drives
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtrouble_e.html

Other USB Help sites:
http://www.usbman.com/WinME%20USB%20Guide.htm

General USB troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310575

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Joe =o)
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I had the same problem except that after I connected the drive back up
again the problem didn't return. Weird!!!!



On Mar 2, 12:28 am, wingsfan <wings... DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> I think I found the cause, but I'm not sure why it's causing the problem. I
> have a 300GB USB hard drive (an diskGO by Edge) connected to my computer.
> When I unplugged the USB drive from the computer (removing it safely, mind
> you) the problems went away. If I connect the drive back up, the problems
> come back. I didn't have time to check into drivers yesterday, but I will
> work on that today hopefully. Any thoughts on why that would cause the
> problem?
>
>
>
> "Elmo" wrote:
> > wingsfan wrote:
> > > When I access many of thecontrolpanels (from the start menu or from a
> > > windows explorer window) thecontrolpanelwill show up for about tenseconds
> > > then disappear. Examples: 1) I open Display to change the settings and in the
> > > middle of changing, it just closes with no error. 2) I open Add/Remove
> > > programs and try to remove a program, but window and anything that I am doing
> > > closes down, again with no warning or error.
>
> > > Makes it very hard to make any changes to the computer...
>
> > > Any suggestions?
>
> > Run your antivirus software in Safe Mode and see if it finds anything.
> > While in Safe Mode, see if the CPappletswill remain open; some malware
> > won't run in Safe Mode.
>
> > --
> > Joe =o)- Hide quoted text -
>
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