xp problem

[Zeeky Boogy Doog]

so uh, about ever minute to two mintues i get an error window that says "Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." im just ignoring it right now, but its on top of the other windows, and is rather annoying, and if i click send or don't send it'll close my windows and pop back up in about a minute or two... uh, any ideas?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Anything in event viewer? Have you checked the ram? Are you over clocking?

 

[meltdown75]

Sounds to me like you just need to clean it out a bit... something is running and causing the error. Do you use Spybot S&D, Ad-aware, anything like that? Also, do you use P2P software and is it running? Just a few quick things to check.

 

[Zeeky Boogy Doog]

not ocing, what would i check for the ram, and wheres event viewer?

 

[Zeeky Boogy Doog]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
Sounds to me like you just need to clean it out a bit... something is running and causing the error. Do you use Spybot S&D, Ad-aware, anything like that? Also, do you use P2P software and is it running? Just a few quick things to check.

ive got ad-aware and spysweeper, running adaware right now to see if it catches anything, and no p2p running

ran ad-aware, 4 files, still doing the error though

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: PsychoticIdiot
not ocing, what would i check for the ram, and wheres event viewer?

Use memtest86 to test the ram. Run it for ~10 hours.

Event viewer is under administrative tools in the control panel. You will have to log into the machine as an administrator to view it though.

 

[Zeeky Boogy Doog]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: PsychoticIdiot
not ocing, what would i check for the ram, and wheres event viewer?

Use memtest86 to test the ram. Run it for ~10 hours.

Event viewer is under administrative tools in the control panel. You will have to log into the machine as an administrator to view it though.

what am i looking for i the event viewer? theres a bunch of errors under the application tab, information, error, information, error a bunch of times, about ever 10 seconds for about a minute each time several times the last hour, the other two don't seem too out of the ordinary though

 

[mechBgon]

What do you have for a firewall and antivirus software? Be specific about the version of the antivirus software, eg "Norton Antivirus 2005" and not "Norton."

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: PsychoticIdiot

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: PsychoticIdiot
not ocing, what would i check for the ram, and wheres event viewer?

Use memtest86 to test the ram. Run it for ~10 hours.

Event viewer is under administrative tools in the control panel. You will have to log into the machine as an administrator to view it though.

what am i looking for i the event viewer? theres a bunch of errors under the application tab, information, error, information, error a bunch of times, about ever 10 seconds for about a minute each time several times the last hour, the other two don't seem too out of the ordinary though

Anything that might give you a hint as to what is going on with explorer.

 

[Zeeky Boogy Doog]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
What do you have for a firewall and antivirus software? Be specific about the version of the antivirus software, eg "Norton Antivirus 2005" and not "Norton."

mcafee home edition, its 3 months expired... been meaning to get avg or something, but havent yet... um, my firewall is on, its just the one that was with my router or whatever it came with

 

[mechBgon]

Grab a free 15-day trial of Norton Antivirus 2005 from here and see if it finds anything. Important: after installation, go through all of the options and max out all detection options, then launch a full scan of the hard drives, or at least your system drive.

 

[Zeeky Boogy Doog]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
Grab a free 15-day trial of Norton Antivirus 2005 from here and see if it finds anything. Important: after installation, go through all of the options and max out all detection options, then launch a full scan of the hard drives, or at least your system drive.

well i think i found the problem... i uninstalled mcafee, so i could install norton, and it hasn't happened yet, its been about 3 minutes, and no error...

 

[mechBgon]

Ok, that works for me