2 explorer.exe in my task manager

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From: Christoph (jcboget_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/17/04 

Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 20:19:13 -0500

I did some searching on google to see if people had a similar
circumstance. However, what I found was that most people
had an instance of 'explorer.exe' and 'Explorer.exe'. What I
have is 2 instances of 'explorer.exe' in my task manager.
Now, I know that there should only be one instance. So I
am wondering where the other instance is coming from? I
checked the registry keys

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

but didn't find anything suspect. Also, this second instance
does not seem to appear after I reboot but instead only after
the system has been up and running for some time. Has any
one else experienced this?

thnx,
Christoph

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