XP windows explorer errors

[Abyssiann]

here's the setup:
Athlon XP1600
256mb 2700 ram
Iwill XP333
Maxtor 40gig
Geforce 3 Ti200 (gainward)

Here's the problem:
About 2 days ago whenever I click on a shortcut, go to the start menu, and well pretty much do anything, I get an error that says Windows Explorer has caused a fatal error. The screen will go blank for a sec, the icons will reappear, then everything will be fine. But eventually I will get the error again. I scanned for viruses (updated fully) and got no results. I did install new sounds card drivers about 4 days ago so I removed them but still get the error. Am I missing something?

 

[kellygirlbeads]

I'm having a similar problem with:

Wink2k Pro
Athlon 1.2 ghz
256 mb sdram
tnt2 m64
maxtor drives

Again, it just started a while ago, I think after a set of updates. The difference is that I have a lot of developer tools installed, so I get annoying "Do you want to debug the application" popups. Its a bad memory read, but I dont know what causes it.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

<< I'm having a similar problem with:

Wink2k Pro
Athlon 1.2 ghz
256 mb sdram
tnt2 m64
maxtor drives

Again, it just started a while ago, I think after a set of updates. The difference is that I have a lot of developer tools installed, so I get annoying "Do you want to debug the application" popups. Its a bad memory read, but I dont know what causes it. >>


i remember that back when i had VC++ installed in windows. explorer crashing can happen for about a billion reasons, and usually there is no way to figure out exactly what's going on. try reinstalling drivers, try updating windows, try repairing the install....try everything till it works so illogical :/