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Explore.exe locks processor on boot.

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by rsquinn

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Upon bootup, the explore.exe process uses 100% of the processor, as seen in the performance tab of task manager. Upon killing the process with End Process Tree, usage drops to 0 to 16%. But now, Norton Antivirus must be re-enabled for email otherwise Outlook-XP will not connect to server. Why is the Explorer.exe using 100% and why won't the enail antivirus remain enabled?

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by webtiger

I've had this problem twice on W2K Server with Norton Anti Virus 2001 v6.10.20. It started happening right after I downloaded an upgrade to Norton Anti Virus 2001 and the only fix I could figure out was to completely uninstall Norton and then re-install it.
Be very careful when downloading anti virus and program updates via Norton's "Live Update"!

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