Major Deadlocks

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I purchased Object Desktop two days ago, and since then my computer has been buggy ever since.  Normally I dont need to reboot for a long time - days - yet I am having to reboot every couple of hours.  I have the Right Click application loaded, Window Blinds 5 loaded, as well as having changed my icons in the Icon Packager.  My machine is a Windows XP machine. 

Currently I cannot seem to activate Windows Explorer - it just locks and becomes unresponsive.  I shut it down through task manager and re-load it, and every time it deadlocks (I think).  My hunch is what I see in WinDbg when I attach to the explorer process (see further below).

I will uninstall everything now to see if the stabilty of my machine returns.  Heres the result of the locks in WinDbg:

CritSec ntdll!LdrpLoaderLock+0 at 7c97c0d8
LockCount          1
RecursionCount     2
OwningThread       154c
EntryCount         3c
ContentionCount    3c
*** Locked

CritSec ole32!g_mxsSingleThreadOle+8 at 776067f0
LockCount          2
RecursionCount     1
OwningThread       13f4
EntryCount         2
ContentionCount    2
*** Locked

CritSec ole32!gOXIDLock+8 at 776061a8
LockCount          11
RecursionCount     9
OwningThread       53c
EntryCount         3
ContentionCount    3
*** Locked

CritSec AKCPanel!CPlApplet+b12b at 030af524
LockCount          0
RecursionCount     0
OwningThread       0
*** Locked

CritSec AKCPanel!CPlApplet+b143 at 030af53c
LockCount          0
RecursionCount     0
OwningThread       0
*** Locked

CritSec AKCPanel!CPlApplet+b15b at 030af554
LockCount          0
RecursionCount     0
OwningThread       0
*** Locked

CritSec AKCPanel!CPlApplet+b12b at 030af524
LockCount          0
RecursionCount     0
OwningThread       0
*** Locked

CritSec AKCPanel!CPlApplet+b143 at 030af53c
LockCount          0
RecursionCount     0
OwningThread       0
*** Locked

CritSec AKCPanel!CPlApplet+b15b at 030af554
LockCount          0
RecursionCount     0
OwningThread       0
*** Locked

CritSec AKCPanel!CPlApplet+b12b at 030af524
LockCount          0
RecursionCount     0
OwningThread       0
*** Locked

CritSec AKCPanel!CPlApplet+b143 at 030af53c
LockCount          0
RecursionCount     0
OwningThread       0
*** Locked

CritSec AKCPanel!CPlApplet+b15b at 030af554
LockCount          0
RecursionCount     0
OwningThread       0
*** Locked

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
When I closed all applications manually (thus removing items off of the taskbar), the Explorer started working, suggesting theres something related to the taskbar buttons thats the problem.

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Sounds to me like you have a bug in your main system.. Not OD.. I have Vista and I don't have any problem with it. I suggest you clean out your computer and then try it..
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
RoseNell,


I hear what you are saying. My laptop is my main dev box, a serious VAIO, that has NEVER had a problem with any aspect of its core operation. Since two days ago I have had deadlocks, blue screen of death, and other problems. I installed this software on my dev box at work and have similar but different problems. I am now trying to reinstall to re-uninstall - to me this is indicative of a deeper issue in the components dont seem to come together very well. I uninstalled the Stardock software only to find that it wasnt uninstalled and neither was anything else. Only, I couldnt run anything because it was reported that there were installation problems.

Given the state of my machine prior to two days ago, and given my background in software development, it would be an error for me to conclude I now have a problem with my core system outside of anything attributable to OD. As I understand it, getting involved with core aspects of the window rendering etc that WindowFX and WindowBlind do, that these would be justifiably candidates for being linked to the problem.

Furthermore having reinstalled WindowBlinds again, the machine is now working - there is nothing wrong with my core-core PC.


Nick

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
i know this is probably a silly question, but when you installed the programs in OD, did you do them one at a time with a reboot in between?, a lot of people have the same problem when installing object desktop and the only advicxe i can give is to install the included software one program at a time with a reboot in between to give the components a chance to gel into the o/s. as you have a background in software development i would assume u did this anyway, but i thought it was worth suggesting. good luck mate