Right-Click Lockup

[Thrackmoor]

Howdy all.

Every time I right-click on my desktop, or try to make a new folder my system locks completely and I have to do a hard reboot...

Any suggestions?

Hardware Specs:
AMD XP-1900
512 MB PC2700 Ram
Gigabyte GA-7VRXP mobo
Leadtek Ti-4400 video
Audigy 5.1 sound
Maxtor 60GB ATA133 7200rpm HD
MS Optical Intellimouse Explorer USB (reinstalled drivers to check it)

Software:
WinXP Home w/ SP1
Latest Internet Explorer
Norton SW 2001

There is nothing in the event viewer to show the crashes and it happens EVERY time.

Thanks
Thrackmoor

[Ruler2112]

Man, I'm almost hurting myself. This *exact* same thing happened to me about 3-4 months ago at work, but I don't remember what I did to fix it. This is so aggervating! If I remember what I did, I'll post back.

[Gait_Keeper]

msconfig XP
no msconfig in XP but there is a download to help set start programs, you may have too many things running in the background

[Thrackmoor]

Well, I did the msconfig and booted into diagnostic mode... the problem went away. I went back to normal boot and Windows said I needed to reactivate it... I did the reactivation and everything seems fine... for now...

Thanks again folks,
Thrackmoor