Hi James,
Regarding your post, since this started recently you have two options:
1. Uninstall the most recent updates using Control Panel Add/Remove.
-or-
2. Roll Back the system to a more stable state using System Restore:
306084 HOW TO: Restore the Operating System to a Previous State in Windows
XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=306084
283252 Non-Administrator User Is Unable to Start System Restore Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=283252
Once you have accomplished this and the system is stable, let's take a
closer look at which updates caused the problem and see if we can isolate
this down to one specific update.
OTHER IDEAS:
819946 A Program Stops Performing a Task or Explorer.exe Uses 100 Percent of
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=819946
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| From: "James Helm" <
[email protected]>
| Subject: Recent XP Home update caused havoc
| Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 18:02:36 -0800
|
| Recent XP Home Windowsupdates seem to have caused havoc
| with my clients computer:
|
| Adminstrator accounts can logon, but explorer.exe thrashes
| at 100% CPU, and not even the taskbar will load.
|
| User accouns can logon, and use some tools, but eg IE6SP1
| will close if browsing online.
|
| None of the recently active trojans are in residence -
| HKCU/- and
| HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run/ and
| Run Services have nothing malicious in them.
|
