Can anyone tell me what this problem is and how to overcome it?

About 4 or 5 times during the course of about 4 hours each day on the
computer the computer will sieze up and the icons will disappear from
the desktop and then immediately start to reappear (sort of a
rebooting). The whole process takes about a minute (I have Windows XP
and Internet Explorer 8) during which time I must sit around twiddling
my fingers.

How do I fix the problem?

I thank you in advance for your attention to this query...

On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 10:45:09 -0800 (PST), "(E-Mail Removed)"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Can anyone tell me what this problem is and how to overcome it?
>
>About 4 or 5 times during the course of about 4 hours each day on the
>computer the computer will sieze up and the icons will disappear from
>the desktop and then immediately start to reappear (sort of a
>rebooting). The whole process takes about a minute (I have Windows XP
>and Internet Explorer 8) during which time I must sit around twiddling
>my fingers.
>
>How do I fix the problem?
>
>I thank you in advance for your attention to this query...

Something is telling the computer to "refresh the desktop " .

Or you getting a message says Why?
If not I would start running my antivirus software




"(E-Mail Removed)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:76ee6285-02e0-44bd-adbd-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Can anyone tell me what this problem is and how to overcome it?
>
> About 4 or 5 times during the course of about 4 hours each day on the
> computer the computer will sieze up and the icons will disappear from
> the desktop and then immediately start to reappear (sort of a
> rebooting). The whole process takes about a minute (I have Windows XP
> and Internet Explorer 8) during which time I must sit around twiddling
> my fingers.
>
> How do I fix the problem?
>
> I thank you in advance for your attention to this query...

"(E-Mail Removed)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:76ee6285-02e0-44bd-adbd-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Can anyone tell me what this problem is and how to overcome it?
>
> About 4 or 5 times during the course of about 4 hours each day on the
> computer the computer will sieze up and the icons will disappear from
> the desktop and then immediately start to reappear (sort of a
> rebooting). The whole process takes about a minute (I have Windows XP
> and Internet Explorer 8) during which time I must sit around twiddling
> my fingers.
>

You don't - everyboby has it.

Basically, Windows Explorer has crashed (not Internet Explorer). Windows
Explorer automagically restarts itself once it has so crashed.