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  1. Sep 11th, 2005, 07:31 AM #1
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    Weird problem with computer

    Basically explorer seems to be restarting itself every 1/2 minutes or so

    I don't mean the entire computer, i mean the actual explorer.exe process...

    Running windows xp, perhaps a virus? anyone know or experienced this before.


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  2. Sep 11th, 2005, 01:14 PM #2
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    Re: Weird problem with computer

    If it doesnt popup any error messages then its hard to know why but a scan is the best place to start.
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    Re: Weird problem with computer

    Check the Event Viewer. It may give you a clue to the cause of the problem.
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    Re: Weird problem with computer

    Yes, a good suggestion but unfortunatly the EV usually has vague descriptions or the error code is so broad of a range of potential issues its not very helpful. But hopefully not in this case.
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    Re: Weird problem with computer

    If your scan reveals a trojan and you still experience the problem then look here:

    Explorer Restarting Itself
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    Re: Weird problem with computer

    yeah it happened to my gf's computer...

    explorer would close itself or something...

    never figured out what it was, but a Clean format and new Norton Internet Security did the job
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  8. Sep 19th, 2005, 03:04 PM #7
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    Re: Weird problem with computer

    i had this same problem the event viewer will say the thing that is causing the problem (ex user32.dll) if possable try replacing the thing causing the problem with a fresh one


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    Re: Weird problem with computer

    Quote Originally Posted by dark_shadow
    i had this same problem the event viewer will say the thing that is causing the problem (ex user32.dll) if possable try replacing the thing causing the problem with a fresh one
    Of course, only from the same OS, if its a Windows XP Home edition don't take a user32.dll from WinXP Pro or Win 98. Bad things might happen if you do...
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    Re: Weird problem with computer

    Quote Originally Posted by k1ll3rdr4g0n
    Of course, only from the same OS, if its a Windows XP Home edition don't take a user32.dll from WinXP Pro or Win 98. Bad things might happen if you do...
    true true

    i have found that if windows suffers from an error, the best thing is to do a clean install....

    windows doesn't recover from errors well
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  12. Sep 19th, 2005, 06:03 PM #10
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    Re: Weird problem with computer

    yes i was just using that as an example and i was assuming that da_silvy would be smart enough to know to copy it fro mthe same os


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