hbinded Posted January 19, 2006 Posted January 19, 2006 Hi guys. I have this small problem with my PC. When I open a folder, the CPU usage goes up to 100%. There are no .avi's in any of my folders, but when I look in task manger, I see that explorer.exe is using upto 99% of my system's resources. What could be the problem? I have upgraded the drivers for my motherboard, and tried re-installing windows, but this has not helped at all. Please help me out!! Thanks in advance.
ripken204 Posted January 19, 2006 Posted January 19, 2006 does it stay at 99% or does it go back down?
hbinded Posted January 19, 2006 Author Posted January 19, 2006 Explorer's just like that . Use another shell.Which one would u recommend? Just finished reading the post on ur sig, but I'm not sure which shell is better than the other.does it stay at 99% or does it go back down?It goes back down aftes a few seconds, but its preety annoying!Every folder or just one specific folder?This happens to every folder.
jcarle Posted January 19, 2006 Posted January 19, 2006 I'd most likely suspect a virus/spyware/toolbar.
hbinded Posted January 19, 2006 Author Posted January 19, 2006 I don't think so. I just Formatted my HDD and re-installed wind0ws. (about 1hr ago). But still I have the problem. That's why I thought I'd seek professional help (MSFN)!!!
LLXX Posted January 19, 2006 Posted January 19, 2006 If it goes back down, there's nothing wrong. CPU usage is supposed to rise when you're doing something.
Vitalix Posted January 19, 2006 Posted January 19, 2006 Do you have thumbnail previews on? If you have MPEGs or picture or anything in there, it will try to render them when you first open. Once rendered, the CPU will go down, if you have thumbnails enabled.
suryad Posted January 19, 2006 Posted January 19, 2006 I think it would depend on the kind of CPU you have. I have a 3.4 ghz HT Intel (yuck) and mine only gooes up to 7%.
Aegis Posted January 20, 2006 Posted January 20, 2006 Same here. Barely any increase in CPU usage. Do you have a very old processor? Even my XP 2600+ can handle Explorer pretty easily.
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