explorer.exe error while accessing "my computer"

[toad]

If I right click the my computer icon on the desktop, I
get an Explorer.exe - application error somewhat like the
following: "the exception Floating-point inexact result.
0xc000008f occurred in the application at location...".
After closing the error dialogue, the windows status bar
dissappears and the system hangs.

I can recreate the same error message inside of Windows
Explorer after clicking on "my computer" and then clicking
on the "Edit" menu option. This time, however, when
responding to the error dialogue, another error message
appears referencing Internet Explorer - "An error has
occurred in Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer will now
close". The Windows Explorer window closes but the system
does not hang.

What is this all about? Many, Many thanks.

 

[Gert B. Frob]

If I right click the my computer icon on the desktop, I
get an Explorer.exe - application error somewhat like the
following: "the exception Floating-point inexact result.
0xc000008f occurred in the application at location...".
After closing the error dialogue, the windows status bar
dissappears and the system hangs.

I can recreate the same error message inside of Windows
Explorer after clicking on "my computer" and then clicking
on the "Edit" menu option. This time, however, when
responding to the error dialogue, another error message
appears referencing Internet Explorer - "An error has
occurred in Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer will now
close". The Windows Explorer window closes but the system
does not hang.

What is this all about? Many, Many thanks.

I suspect a memory error. Go here and download MS's memory diagnostic tool
(it's quite good):

http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

Run the test. If you get errors, isolate the error to one memory chip and
replace it.