no desktop

[ronnie]

when i boot i have no desktop icons. start menu or taskbar
only the background appears. i bring up task manager and
CPU usage is 100%
the culprit is explorer.exe so i terminate it
everything runs good through the new task in task manager

Initially i thought it was a virus but have since used a
virus detection program that found a few viruses and then
disinfected them, but i still have the same error

i run windows XP Home Edition
any help will be greatly appreciated

 

[Kaylene/Taurarian]

Picked up this little note some time ago:


Explorer 100% utilization in Windows XP

Problem:
Right clicking on a file in Windows Explorer causes 100% CPU utilization on
Windows XP. This only happens on files that have not been selected first with a
left mouse click. This problem is reproducible on Pentium 3 and Pentium 4
machines of varying speed, does not happen on Pentium 2 systems.

Workaround:
Go to: Control Panel > Display > Appearance Tab > Effects Button and *disable*
(uncheck) the transition effects....