Explorer Hangs Upon Choosing File>Open

[Guest]

Windows Explorer hangs about 60% of the time upon choosing a file to open,
such as a photo or a video.

Many spyware/virus scans run, registry fixes, most .zip files deleted... and
sometimes Explorer will work justfine x number of times, then hangs the
computer.

When it does hang, I can see it using up CPU cycles but I can't terminate it
or any other apps running from Task Manager.

This is costing me many restarts via the power switch on the computer and it
is DRIVING ME BATTY!

TIA

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

To repair all system files, go to Start/Run, and type: SFC /SCANNOW

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install: http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

 

[Guest]

Now that is a very interesting thing to run that I never heard of.

I ran it this morning and it asked for my SP2 disk.
d'oh!

So I spent about an hour inside MS.com looking for just... SP2.

Ended up googling a link to the download, burning a disk now and we'll see.
thanks.