after much troubleshooting, ive determined that avast is causing control panel to freezes
i've came to this conclusion by going through msconfig and disable/enable each startup until i find what causes the issue
it is a brand new dell 15r notebook
specs:
core i5-450m
6gb ram
intel hd graphic
windows 7 pro 64bit
i did a clean install so no dell softwares other than drivers from intel/realtek/broadcomm....etc...
i guess i could start all over from scratch again and try to pin-point exactly which driver are conflicting with avast by installing avast right after the OS and see when the crash occurs after installing each driver
