Grrrr... Stuff for which there is no fix

Alice Watson, Paris, France, asks:

Why does Microsoft Word (especially) go "out to lunch" - it seems to be busy doing something else, and so you can't type anything in the meantime.

Why does a program hang up and ask if I want to shut it down now, or wait till later? That little box is really annoying - at that point I'm usually trying to shut the computer down and rush out somewhere, and can't easily get rid of it as it just comes back.

Why don't I get a warning message before memory is full (usually because I'm trying to consult several documents at the same time and try to open another one, and that causes the whole system to hang up)? (Doug says: if you're running Windows 98 or ME, you can run the Windows Resource Monitor; it will show a coloured graphic of memory usage, that turns yellow or red as memory gets used up. It's called RSRCMTR.EXE and is located in the Windows\System directory; you can put a shortcut in the Startup folder so it runs automatically at startup. If you are running Windows 2000 or XP, the resource monitor is shown under the Performance tab when you invoke the Task Manager. Right click on an empty part of the task bar to invoke Task Manager.)

Why don't anti-spam programs really seem to work, and why don't the service providers get after the people sending all this junk?

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