Weird memory allocation type problem

[yellowvespa]

Morning,

I have an older build, about 18 months without a glitch. Lately it has developed an unusual scenario. After looking through photo storage pictures or burning a CD, when I return to my desktop, all the icons are blank and they take several (maybe 4 or 5) seconds to come back to normal. It's like all my memory has been allocated somewhere else I'm thinking. System works just fine even after this happens and it doesn't happen all the time.

2.53 P4. 512mb Samsung PC2700, Intel MB, XP home. ..... could my old Asus V6600 32mb GeForce have anything to do with it?? I'm not a gamer so it works fine for me.

Thank you

 

[kursplat]

After looking through photo storage pictures or burning a CD, when I return to my desktop, all the icons are blank and they take several (maybe 4 or 5) seconds to come back to normal. It's like all my memory has been allocated somewhere else....

are the CD's of the photos your storing ? opening alot of pics uses alot of memory. you might want to get another 512 stick if you do this often . if you have the page file locked down to a set amount , you might try upping it . not sure if it will help
good luck