Gary Robbo Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 For some reason my explorer keeps going crazy. :wacko: Sometime it crashes, or it badly slows my PC down, i open task manager and i see that explorer.exe is using up loads of memory, and the CPU usage is flat lining at 100% So i have to kill explorer then run it again, then its fine But does anyone know why its doing this is in the first place, My PC isnt ****, spent loads upgrading it a bit ago, ive never had this problem b4, i havent made an major changes to it since i upgraded it, and its been workin fine since then up until now, i dont have any virus, or spyware. Im clueless, anyone got any idea's? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniacidz Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 (edited) Internet Explorer and Explorer are different. if explorer is crashing, run an antivirus scanner, in safe mode and see what comes up. Installed anything lately? up to date virus and spyware signature files? what AV you running? Installed new drivers? New programs? New toolbars etc etc etc etc etc Windows updates? Edited June 19, 2005 by Davey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smooths* Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 if its Internet Explorer, then check for running processes that may be adware / spyware as alot of these apps run in the background as toolbars, popup's etc. all of these can effect Internet Explorer, as previously said check for latest virus / spyware defintions and do a thorough check. Thats you're best bet mate ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Robbo Posted June 19, 2005 Author Share Posted June 19, 2005 Yeah its explorer.exe and not IEXPLORER.exe My anti virus is, eTrust Aintivirus, came with CD i orderd from microsoft with updates on a while ago. And nah i havent installed anything apart from a update of msn messenger, no tool bars either Not installed or updated any drivers or anything My anti virus signatures updates daily I installed 7 windows updates, but that was after this started to happen Explorer does crash, but am able to stop the proccess in task manager, and then run it again, then its fine after that cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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