Re: explorer.exe constantly using 70-80% of CPU



My PC appears to be virus and malware free. for anti-virus I use Fix-It
Utilities with latest version & virus updates. I just noticed that when i
started Windows Messenger, the cpu usage in explorer.exe shot up.
hbellowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

"Malke" wrote:

> explorer.exe excessive cpu usage wrote:
>
> > The system program explorer.exe begins using 70-80% of the cpu as
> > shown in task manager, shortly after booting up the computer, while
> > the computer is
> > idle. It allows other programs to run fine, but as soon as they are
> > complete
> > it goes back to running 70-80% again! How can I fix this? This does
> > not happen on my other computers.
>
> Is your computer 100% virus and malware-free? If you think so, what did
> you use to determine this? Please include the name and version of your
> antivirus program.
>
> Malke
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>
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