explorer.exe using high CPU

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From: George (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/01/04 

Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 07:54:20 -0700

I have a Windows 2000 workstation after it boots up
explorer.exe runs at 78 to 90% cpu usage. I can kill the
process and create a new explorer.exe process and it run
fine but after a reboot it goes back up. I ran a full
virus scan and found nothing. reinstalled SP4 and it is
still having the sam problem.

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