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.
>>.
>>
>.
>
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.
>>.
>>
>.
>