RE: 100% cpu explorer.exe

From: r (r_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/22/04 

Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 23:47:02 -0700

Check Device Manager for hardware conflicts ...
... and Event Viewer (Start - > Settings -> Control Panel - > Administrative
Tools - > Event Viewer) for possible errors.

Hope this helps! 

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"Kjetil" wrote:
> when I browse through my D: which is a partition of my only hard disk, and is 
> where I've placed "my documents", the window tends to freeze every time, and 
> when I press ctrl-alt-del, I can see that explorer.exe is taking up 100% of 
> my cpu time.. it then tells me the window is not responding and has to 
> close.. sometimes, even when I've closed the window, explorer will keep 
> taking up 100% cpu time, and the only thing to do is to restart my computer. 
> nothing like this happends when I'm browsing c:. I've scanned for viruses and 
> the like using Norton, Adaware and Spybot, plus I've defragmented twice, once 
> with windows own defragmenter and once with another one, but nothing helps.. 
> diskchk didn't help either.. I'm really lost here, and it is very annoying as 
> it is almost impossible to access my pictures and videos and the like.. all 
> help is appreciated..

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