XP Administrator Account Won't Start

[Andrew Pollak]

I have XP ver 2 with 3 users. When I log on Admin account the screen
background loads and the mouse loads. Neither icons nor taskbar loads.

Task manager shows a number of files loaded. Processes shows explorer.exe
taking up to 99% of the CPU cycles. It fluctuates between 70-99%. Nothing
ever loads.

Using Task Manager, I disable explorer.exe from Processes. System Idle goes
to 99%, and I can then run most any program using Task Manager "run"
command.

How can I make this thing go back to normal? I have tried System Restore to
three weeks ago, with no effect.

 

[Galen]

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I have XP ver 2 with 3 users. When I log on Admin account the screen
background loads and the mouse loads. Neither icons nor taskbar
loads.

Task manager shows a number of files loaded. Processes shows
explorer.exe taking up to 99% of the CPU cycles. It fluctuates
between 70-99%. Nothing ever loads.

Using Task Manager, I disable explorer.exe from Processes. System
Idle goes to 99%, and I can then run most any program using Task
Manager "run" command.

How can I make this thing go back to normal? I have tried System
Restore to three weeks ago, with no effect.

After you kill the explorer.exe click on file > new task > and type in
explorer.exe and hit enter. Does that then load the desktop for you? If so
then it may be that the admin profile has become a bit corrupted or that it
simply needs to be checked for malware.

Galen
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