Windows explorer closes intermittently

[Gary]

I have a Dell Dimension 8200 desktop hooked to a cable
modem thru a Linksys wireless router. The wireless
router provides Internet Connection Sharing to a Toshiba
A35 series notebook.
Intermittently on both computers, when the windows
explorer is open, the explorer will close, and all
desktop icons disappear for approximately 3 seconds. Then
all of my desktop icons reappear. But the explorer
remains closed.
Both machines are running XP Professional with all
current updates.
What causes this?

[CWatters]

Does this happen everywhere or just when you explore one folder?

"Gary" > wrote in message
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> I have a Dell Dimension 8200 desktop hooked to a cable
> modem thru a Linksys wireless router. The wireless
> router provides Internet Connection Sharing to a Toshiba
> A35 series notebook.
> Intermittently on both computers, when the windows
> explorer is open, the explorer will close, and all
> desktop icons disappear for approximately 3 seconds. Then
> all of my desktop icons reappear. But the explorer
> remains closed.
> Both machines are running XP Professional with all
> current updates.
> What causes this?