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responding
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The tag 'responding' on WindowsForum.com covers threads about applications, services, or the Windows operating system itself stopping or failing to respond. Common scenarios include Windows Explorer stopping when inserting a BD-R disc, computers freezing after connecting to an SMB 1 server, and 32-bit NetBIOS-based applications hanging on x64 versions of Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2. Other topics include PowerPoint 2003/2007 stopping during print or fax operations and Winsock API-related hangs. These discussions often reference Microsoft Knowledge Base articles and provide fixes or workarounds for system unresponsiveness.
A confession. There is so little major difference, between Windows 8.1 and theTtechnet preview, that I have become rather disinterested in it.
I am a dedicated and enthusiastic poster in discussion and help, where problems are encountered. Of late, on all the forums I visit, the posts on these...
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Fixes an issue in which a 32-bit application stops responding on a computer that is running an x64-based version of Windows 7 or of Windows Server 2008 R2. This issue occurs when the application uses the NetBIOS API.
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