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JOhn Mesiavech
April 22nd 03, 05:56 PM
ALex,

Nope, don't have that particular hotfix on the system.

John

>-----Original Message-----
>I had the same problem. You don't happen to have the
>latest security updated installed (Q811394), if you do
>that's the problem. I removed it and the system is back
to
>normal after a reboot. I think there are some XP issues
>with that security patch. Hope this helps.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I have Windows XP Professional, and updated it to
Service
>>Pack 1. Now, I can cause Exploere to use over 90% of
the
>>CPU cycles available on my 2.5Ghz P4 by simply doing
the
>>following:
>>
>>1) Open a folder window that contains 100 or more movie
>>files.
>>2) Use Media Player to view 3 or more files (in any
>>order) in succession. On the third movie view,
>>Explorer.exe will take over 90% of the CPU available as
>>shown in Task Manager. The only way to stop this once
>>it's happening is to End Process on explorer.exe, then
re-
>>run it from the Task Manager/s File/Run menu.
Repeating
>>the steps above will cause the minty-fresh new
>>incarnation of Explorer to wig out in exactly the same
>>manner.
>>
>>ANyone out there have any idea as to how this can be
>>fixed? Being that my copy of Windows XP is an
>>OEMversion, I have no real wish to pay Microsoft over
>>$200 for a support incident.
>>.
>>
>.
>

steve.uk
April 22nd 03, 06:37 PM
i think he means 811493
"JOhn Mesiavech" > wrote in message
...
> ALex,
>
> Nope, don't have that particular hotfix on the system.
>
> John
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I had the same problem. You don't happen to have the
> >latest security updated installed (Q811394), if you do
> >that's the problem. I removed it and the system is back
> to
> >normal after a reboot. I think there are some XP issues
> >with that security patch. Hope this helps.
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>I have Windows XP Professional, and updated it to
> Service
> >>Pack 1. Now, I can cause Exploere to use over 90% of
> the
> >>CPU cycles available on my 2.5Ghz P4 by simply doing
> the
> >>following:
> >>
> >>1) Open a folder window that contains 100 or more movie
> >>files.
> >>2) Use Media Player to view 3 or more files (in any
> >>order) in succession. On the third movie view,
> >>Explorer.exe will take over 90% of the CPU available as
> >>shown in Task Manager. The only way to stop this once
> >>it's happening is to End Process on explorer.exe, then
> re-
> >>run it from the Task Manager/s File/Run menu.
> Repeating
> >>the steps above will cause the minty-fresh new
> >>incarnation of Explorer to wig out in exactly the same
> >>manner.
> >>
> >>ANyone out there have any idea as to how this can be
> >>fixed? Being that my copy of Windows XP is an
> >>OEMversion, I have no real wish to pay Microsoft over
> >>$200 for a support incident.
> >>.
> >>
> >.
> >

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