Explorer crashes

[Anonemouse]

Every time I run a game, Explorer crashes and respawns. The game runs OK,
the PC runs OK, but it keeps erroring. There's no apparent side effects,
except for the annoyance. Anyone any ideas?

Details:
Faulting application explorer.exe, version 6.0.2900.2180, faulting module
explorer.exe, version 6.0.2900.2180, fault address 0x000139f8.

Some references I've found on the web sem to indicate some form of backdoor
app, but I can't see how - I'm running AVG, Spyware Doctor and 2 firewalls
(hard on router, soft on PC). No issues reported with any of these and, as I
say, Explorer respawns. Hardware fault?

 

[Guest]

Had this problem for weeks..... finally Windows completely crashed, would not
reboot. Your Windows could be corrupted. Take hard drive to a tech and have
them check it.

 

[Vincent Xu [MSFT]]

Hi ,

I agree with Shari that we should care about such situation. Perform a
backup of the HD is a good opition.

To troubleshoot this problem first, my suggestions are:

Create another new user profile to test
1. Log on as the Administrator or as a user with administrator credentials.
2. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
3. Click User Accounts.
4. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Advanced.
5. In the left pane, click the Users folder.
6. On the Action menu, click New User.
7. Enter the appropriate user information, and then click Create.
8. Logon with the new user account to see if the issue occurs in the user
profile.



We may start the problematic computer in safe mode to see if this issue
occurs.The steps to boot into safe mode are as below:

Safe Mode loads a minimally protected-mode configuration, disabling Windows
device drivers and using the standard VGA display adapter.

1. Restart the computer.
2. Keep pressing F8 key until the Windows Startup menu appears.
3. Choose the Safe Mode with Network, and press Enter.

Note: Some third party applications and some hardware device cannot be used
during Safe Mode. You will temporarily be unable to connect to the Internet
temporarily while in Safe Mode.

If this issue disappears in safe mode, I suspect that it is related to some
third-party services or programs. We may use Clean Boot to eliminate third
party interference. To boot into Clean Boot environment:

1. Click Start, click Run, type "msconfig" (without the quotation marks) in
the Open box, and then click OK.
2. In the Startup tab, click the "Disable All" button.
3. In the Services tab, check the "Hide All Microsoft Services" checkbox,
and then click the "Disable All" button.
4. Click OK and restart your computer.

310560: How to troubleshoot by using the System Configuration utility in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310560

Hope this helps.


Best regards,

Vincent Xu
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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