Instability with Windows explorer

[Guest]

Whenever I try to open the control panel or explorer, one of two things
happens. Either they just shut down and the whole desktop has to refresh
itself (often the desktop recovery utility comes up), or Data Execution
Prevention shuts down the program, then a message that Windows explorer has
had an unexpected error and needed to close comes up, and then a message that
Dr Watson Debugger has had an unexpected error and needed to close. Then the
desktop refeshes, as before. Sometimes, following the shutodwn of explorer,
the icons on the desktop and taskbar stop working altogether, and I need to
open Task Manager and log off through that, and then log back on. (Control
panel shuts down much more frequently when I have it on category view as
opposed to classic view. When it shuts down, I don't believe the Data
Execution Prevention message has ever come up.)

I am sure that you can understand why it would be annoying that I can't
access Windows explorer anymore. I have run several virus scans with updated
versions of Norton and AVG virus protection, and they haven't found anything.
I have also run several spyware programs and defragged the hard drive. It
hasn't stopped. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME??

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Paul

At the moment I am not sure why it is causing you problems but here's a
little light reading.

A detailed description of the Data Execution Prevention (DEP) feature in
Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005, and
Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875352/

You receive a "Data Execution Prevention" error message in Windows XP
Service Pack 2 or in Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;875351

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Guest]

Does anyone have more help?
Can I turn off DEP for Windows explorer?

 

[Guest]

Any updates to this problem? I'm haveing the same problems and neither Dell
nor MS has helped.

 

[Guest]

Yeah, I fixed it. I ran a disk cleaning program (CCleaner), and three
anti-spyware programs (SpySweeper, Adaware, and Spybot), and I checked my Add
or Remove Programs list for programs I didn't want, and the problem stoppped.
I think there was some spyware program, like WildTangent or something, that
was messing it up.