I'd say disable Dexcube for a while and see if the problem goes away.

Hi Patrick,

Sorry, should have mentioned that, yes - using dexcube on the wall setting.

Could that have something to do with it? Better off on stable for the time being?

Cheers,
Alex

Do you use any Dexpot plugins, Dexcube in particular?

Hi there,

1. Dexpot and Windows version

Dexpot: 1.5.99.1928
Windows: Win 7 Pro x64

Dual monitor display

2. Detail symptom description incl. error message

Unfortunately I have no error message and can't be certain if it's dexpot or not, but this is what happens.

Every once in a while at the very moment I go to switch desktops using the hotkeys (alt+1, alt+2, etc) my desktop becomes unresponsive to any input. Music continues to play, but it is as though the desktop overlay is frozen. I can still move my mouse around, but if I hover the mouse over any programme window it shows the 'loading' animated icon. Alt+Tab does nothing, yet I can use my global hotkey for foobar to pause/play the music. I can't launch cmd, open start, and if I try to use Ctrl+Alt+Del, then everything freezes including the mouse. The only way out is a hard reset (which I loathe doing).

I can't work out a pattern in when this happens, but it only ever happens at the exact instant that I go to switch desktops using Dexpot hotkeys.

3. Steps to reproduce the error

Not really sure if I can force it, just happens seemingly at random when hot key desktop switching.

4. Running applications

I'm generally running the following:

Foreground: Chrome, Firefox, MetroTwit, Thunderbird, Foobar, Aptana, Evernote, Illustrator

Background: MS Security Essentials, Comodo Firewall, Skype, SpiderOak, Google Drive, Dropbox, Google Music, WinSplit Revolution, Ultra Mon, SpyBot, Wakoopa, Last.fm, TrueCrypt

5. If the error occurs in connection with 3rd party software: name, version, website of the manufacturer