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Hello,

Like many other readers I very much value the Patch Watch column, but have to confess I've become quite hopelessly confused as to which .NET updates to ignore and which to install. I've...

And two freezes since yesterday.

So -- system to be returned.

Sigh.

So far so good ... no freezes (yet).

Well, my thinking was that if there was something clear and obvious to try that would work, I'd rather do that than return the computer and get another one.

Re hibernation/sleep, I had already...

Thanks for the suggestions - I do indeed plan to contact the supplier - but since the response is much faster, friendlier and more helpful here than on their helpline I thought I'd try here first :)....

Hello,

I've acquired a new desktop running Windows 7 and am encountering a freezing issue that I can't seem to fix - I wonder if anyone might have some suggestions...

It's a brand new machine...

Thanks, Joe. That did the trick!

For some reason Windows Explorer is no longer sorting by date correctly. On my computer the regional settings are dd/mm/yyyy, so a file's date might appear as 31/12/2009. Explorer seems to be sorting...