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Windows Explorer slow or Freezes

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by sohaibkhan77

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My toshiba laptop almost freezes or really slows down almost snail pace, when i open up explorer to look for files/folders if i open up two or three it starts to really drag. I have 1gb memory and yes i check CPU% which was at 3% and the system was using 300 mb. i have 45 gb space left on my system, and i updated my laptop as well on microsoft site but still if i open up more than three windows it just stops on me, without any errors showing up.

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by w2ktechman

scan for spyware
replace the file explorer.exe
replace the file iexplore.exe (only replace with a working one of the same service pack/OS)

by zlitocook

Microsoft has alot of problems with iexplore, task manager and a few others. The last few updates are really messing with alot of computers. Do a Googl search on iexplore uses 100% cpu one of the links will take you to a MS forum with hundreds of people with the same kind of problems. MS has a few fixes but it is a on going problem.

by sohaibkhan77

Thanks for the help!

It's not my IE giving me problem, its the Explorer in windows giving me problems.

Replacing explorer with another hmm..looks risky i hope it doesn't crashes the system upon next reboot.

Has anyone tried this before ? and what are the risk element involved in tihs ..

by intel inside me

I would be say that your system has a virus or something, I had the same problem, I just reinstalled windows and it worked normal.

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