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ratslash · Joined: 08 May 2003

is it using 99% of my processing speed?

this has been happening a lot recently. my computer grinds to a halt so i ctrl/alt/del and bring up task manager, processes and look at what is using up my processing speed and it is explorer.exe.

i have got a 3.19ghz processor, 2 gig ram and 229 hard drive that is frequently defragged, cleaned and scanned for viruses.

so, why is this program suddenly taking up all my processing power?

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

Explorer.exe I think is the interface. Windowing, folders, etc.

http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/explorer.exe.html

Have you run a virus/spyware scan? Spyware would probably use explorer heavily.

ratslash · Joined: 08 May 2003

cheers for the reply.

yeah, i've run virus and spyware and it doesn't do it when i do run them. just sometimes randomly it does. maybe it was just a system blip or something. it hasn't done it today so fingers crossed!

thanks again.