Computer Trouble

[JLTucker]

I am having a problem with my computer. When I leave my computer on overnight it becomes somewhat unresponsive when I go to use it the next morning. What happens is that I can move the mouse cursor just fine but when I click on icons, hit the keyboard shortcut to bring up the start menu, nothing happens. Pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del works but when I click on "Cancel", the screen goes black and nothing happens. Ctrl+Shift+Esc doesn't work either. Sometimes, things will go back to normal after maybe two minutes of waiting after pressing a key. This problem sometimes takes place if I am away for 10 minutes. I am running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. This computer is brand new (opened and used for the first time on April 9). If you need any more information, just let me know.

[Dragon Angel]

I'm not sure yet as to your problem, but this could help to troubleshoot it: Have you tried to manually terminate and restart Explorer? That is, pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del, entering Task Manager, clicking on the Processes tab, and then highlighting explorer.exe (there should only be one instance of it) and right-clicking it to end its process. After that, click on the "File" menu, and then "Run", type explorer.exe and launch it. This should create a fresh instance of your desktop and, at least temporarily, restore functionality to it.

Also, you could try using CCleaner, in case it's just a weird Explorer extension gone haywire.