Windows Explorer

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ZZ_Scarab

Hi,

Windows Explorer seems to be hogging much of the processor all the time, 50%
and up when I'm not doing anything with it. For a while I had the MSN
Toolbar installed and that was around when I started experiencing that, so I
uninstalled it, with no preceptible effect. I'm running WinXP Pro SP2.

Thank you for any help you can offer.
 
ZZ_Scarab said:
Hi,

Windows Explorer seems to be hogging much of the processor all the
time, 50% and up when I'm not doing anything with it. For a while I
had the MSN Toolbar installed and that was around when I started
experiencing that, so I uninstalled it, with no preceptible effect.
I'm running WinXP Pro SP2.

Thank you for any help you can offer.
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Start with the normal virus/malware troubleshooting:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

After you've done that and determined that the computer is 100%
virus/malware-free, if the problem persists do some clean-boot
troubleshooting:

Clean boot in Windows XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353
Clean-boot advanced troubleshooting in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316434
and How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

Malke
 
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