RE: High CPU Utilization Problem!! Pls help

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From: Fred (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/16/04 

Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 14:06:12 -0800

I am having the same similar problem. A few minor differences, 128MB Ram, Gateway Laptop, OS updates current, AVG antivirus software current. Manually shutdown at bootup almost all services. Even tried "Last Known Good Configuration" but to no avail. When starting in safemode, the problem doesn't exist...Does anyone have any ideas??
     
     ----- Dr Andrew Teoh wrote: -----
     
     Dear all,
     I'm running XP SP1 +all updates, 1.8Ghz P4, 1GB RAM and Norton Antivirus.
     Everything starts up nice, seems to work like it should. But when I try to
     start Windows Explorer, it won't launch, and explorer.exe goes to 90% cpu
     usage. Goes a little down if another prosess uses alot of cpu, but it comes
     back to 90%, nothing more or less, and no explorer starts. But I can browse
     my files through Nero's browser, and everything is just fine, or with cmd. I
     tried to start internet explorer, that works, and then i added the button
     for showing folders in IE, but then both iexplore.exe and explorer.exe goes
     to 50% cpu usage each, but it shows me my files and lets me do what I want
     in explorer through IE. explorer.exe is just normal when doing this. I
     noticed that some keyboard shortcuts didn't work, like ctrl+c for copy, or
     pressing Del or F2 for renaming and so on. I had to right-click with my
     mouse and select my action there, that worked... If I shut down
     explorer.exe, and restarts it again, it's normal, but when trying to open
     windows explorer, nothing launches, it just uses 50% cpu again. I've tried
     different virusscanners, spyware-removers, trojan-removers, SFC and so on,
     and I found something that I removed, but it hasn't solved my problem. I',
     beginning to get pretty frustrated here, someone that can help?
     
     Regards
     Andrew
     
     
     

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