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I reinstalled Windows, but haven't attempted to download anything large, so I don't know if things are better or not. I'll test it out in more detail tomorrow and report my results. I have a 1.6 Ghz AMD Turion 64x2 for processors.

I think an indication that the processes aren't quite ended is that whenever I get an app crash, I have to restart the computer and it takes an extra long time to do so. Without the crash it just takes as long a usual. . . A common cause for crashes is downloading items with Firefox: it crashes...

Improvement The problem seems to happen less after the most recent update. I also notice that if I just wait a couple of mintutes, it may finish shutting down the program. It helps to have two other computers at the office.

Every time a program crashes (all too common), the task manager can't end it. Any ideas?

I've been getting crashes with three different types of file transfers: 1. FireFTP plugin for Firefox 2. Filezilla 3. Windows Explorer accessing a shared folder on another computer. Only Windows Explorer recovered back to usability, but the transfer was left incomplete. Any ideas?

Yes, and it doesn't work. The windows remain and I cannot reopen the programs until I've restarted, which then requires multiple attempts. The OS shuts down fine if there are no crashes.

Windows Update Error 800F020B I'm having a similar problem, fortunately with an optional update. I'd still like to have this ironed out. Here are the details: Microsoft - Other hardware - HID Non-User Input Data Filter Download size: 1.3 MB You may need to restart your computer for this...

Multiple attempts When I have a crashed program (all too frequent) I have to restart or shutdown to be able to even use the programs. In cases like that, I find I usually have to repeatedly click on restart or shutdown for it to work, and then it takes forever.

I'm getting crashes whenever I attempt to download large files or do large ftp transfers. This has happened with Windows Live Mail, Firefox, FireFTP (within Firefox), and Filezilla. The real problem is that once the application crashes, I cannot close the window, or force the application to...

Testing OSs I have three computers in my office: one with Mac OS 10.5, one with Ubuntu 8.10 and my laptop with Windows 7 beta.