Explorer.exe freezing / locking

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Travis W

I use Windows XP Home and my Explorer.exe has random freezes that last a few
minutes before it starts running again, but only for about 20 seconds and
then it freezes again.

This problem just occurred today when all that seems to be new on my
computer is windows updated and Norton Anti-Vir update.

To no avail, I have tried Dxdiag, surfing the internet, and ending Explorer
in the task manager and running another instance of Explorer, but they all
still freeze randomly.

Does anyone know how to fix this without reinstalling XP?

Thanks
 
Travis

How much RAM?

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

You should be able to gather more information from Task Manager. With
the Processes tab open select View, Select, Columns and check the boxes
before Peak Memory Usage and Virtual Memory size. What are the figures
for the 6 processes using the largest amounts?

Open Disk Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and
click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents
Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as it
is more informative.

How many Internet Explorer Add-Ons?


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
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pcbutts1 said:
Try my Explorer shell fix tool. Download it here
Click to expand...

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Travis

So what are you typically doing when the problem arises?

What are the answers to my other questions?


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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It occurs whenever I do anything, open a folder, right click something, start
a program. Basically to not have a complete lock up or wait couple of minutes
to do something I have to run everything through the Task Manager and
sometimes even that freezes.

I have only 1 gig of RAM.

For Commit Charge:
Total: 292000ish at the moment
Limit: 3127924
Peak: 473500

As far as the Peak Memory Usage and Virtual Memory size go, mine doesn't
have the option to display those.

I'll post the Defrag once I can get it to work.
 
I have also now tried the System Restore feature and that can't complete the
action for an unspecified reason.
 
pcbutts1 said:
Did you try my fix tool?
Click to expand...

Why would anyone trust you or anything on your site with all the
porno/filth you've put on it?

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Leythos
- Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
- Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
(e-mail address removed) (remove 999 for proper email address)
 
Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for
Errors and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any more than 48
hours ago.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
are important.

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event
Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
Event Viewer.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
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