Re: explorer and control panel

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From: Rich Barry (rbarry_at_NOTsocal.rr.com)
Date: 08/17/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 12:32:16 -0700

   Duey, time to check for virus, trojans, spyware and adware. You can use
these sites
                         http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

                         http://safespy.net/Spyware_Hunter.htm

                           http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/

                            http://spybot-spyware.com/trojan.htm

                             http://www.spysweeper.com/

                              http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/

"Duey" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:72a301c48415$f7dea600$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> I have xp home edition and suddenly I cant use explorer.
> When I clik on the Explorer icon the computer locks up.
> Opening the task manager reveals that iexplorer.exe is
> taking 98% of cpu usage. The system is then very
> unresponsive. When I close that program the cpu usage
> goes back to 4-8%. I have also found that I cant get into
> control panel. Any Ideas????

Relevant Pages

  • Re: CPU useage
    ... tool for investigating CPU usage is Process Explorer. ... Also with regard to Internet Explorer do you have lots of windows / ... You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
  • Re: High CPU Usage - HP Digital Imaging Monitor
    ... I am trying to help another user with a similar problem, albeit with an HP Scanjet 3970 and HP Photosmart. ... What is the command line in Process Explorer for the process you are investigating? ... I then began researching why FW/ICS would cause this, ... Photosmart CD - the CPU usage returned to normal. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain)
  • Re: MPEG files in directory cause Explorer.exe to use 50% or 100% CPU
    ... I've found various threads on the Internet on how to stop Explorer in XP going to 50% or 100% CPU usage if it finds a big AVI file. ... Displaying the files in a MS Office 2007 Open File Dialog does not cause problems. ... Displaying the files in the Open File dialog of VideoRedo TV Suite (a video editing suite) also has the problem. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain)
  • MPEG files in directory cause Explorer.exe to use 50% or 100% CPU
    ... I've found various threads on the Internet on how to stop Explorer in XP ... going to 50% or 100% CPU usage if it finds a big AVI file. ... Displaying the files in a MS Office 2007 Open File Dialog does not cause ... (a video editing suite) ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain)
  • Re: Slow
    ... Run Task manager and sort by CPU usage to identify CPU demands. ... Explorer from sysinternals.com can tell you even more. ... > Classic mode. ...
    (uk.comp.misc)