Chain Crashes Occur Frequently

[yhelothar]

Usually the first to crash is explorer.exe. By crash, I mean it uses 100% CPU.
I would end process it, then the 100% CPU would jump to another program, and then I end task that, and it would jump to another, and another, a never ending chain. Then I am forced to reboot.
Anyone know how to fix this, it would mean A LOT to me.

 

[Db2012]

did you try a virus/spyware scan to see if its related to that, also test your memory and hard drive with Memtest86 and something like DFT for hard drive.

 

[yhelothar]

Thanks for the reply.
I did recently run the microsoft scan.. it said it didn't find any virus/spyware. I did not run memtest86, but I did run prime95 torture test for several hours with no problems.
My only guess now is the problem lies with nview, since usually the next thing to crash after explorer.exe is rundll, which is nview.

 

[yhelothar]

anymore suggestions?

 

[yhelothar]

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[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
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[dclive]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

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If you boot in safe mode does this happen?

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: dclive

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
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If you boot in safe mode does this happen?

Don't know.. It usually happens after about 2days to 2weeks of uptime.

 

[dclive]

DiVX installed? What version?
XP SP2?

 

[yhelothar]

Yeah I have divx installed through k-lite mega codec pack, the latest one.
Yup I have SP2 also.

 

[dclive]

Remove all divx components (and all mega-pack codecs) and let us know if the problem disappears. If you *must* have it, remove all the codecs, then download the normal Divx 6 player (get the newest one) and try again.

 

[yhelothar]

Could you tell me why divx has anything to do with this?

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Could you tell me why divx has anything to do with this?

Just making educated guesses - SP2 has issues with Divx v5 and explorer crashing. It would take all of 3 minutes to uninstall it and reboot...

 

[bassoprofundo]

What Antivirus program are you using? I had a problem on several of the boxes I support where Mcafee 8 was causing explorer.exe and/or iexplore.exe to spike to 100%. The only thing that would fix it is a reboot. I could drop back to Mcafee 7.1, and the issue would disappear.

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: dclive

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Could you tell me why divx has anything to do with this?

Just making educated guesses - SP2 has issues with Divx v5 and explorer crashing. It would take all of 3 minutes to uninstall it and reboot...

Thanks.. that's what I wanted to know.
I'll try it when I get home from work.

What Antivirus program are you using? I had a problem on several of the boxes I support where Mcafee 8 was causing explorer.exe and/or iexplore.exe to spike to 100%. The only thing that would fix it is a reboot. I could drop back to Mcafee 7.1, and the issue would disappear.

I just use housecall's web based virus scanner periodically. Thanks for the heads up though

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

What Antivirus program are you using? I had a problem on several of the boxes I support where Mcafee 8 was causing explorer.exe and/or iexplore.exe to spike to 100%. The only thing that would fix it is a reboot. I could drop back to Mcafee 7.1, and the issue would disappear.

I just use housecall's web based virus scanner periodically. Thanks for the heads up though

You need both a full-time AV scanner and a malware program (grab Microsoft's - link in my .sig). It's now easy to create programs that will hide themselves from the scanner you describe.

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: dclive

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

What Antivirus program are you using? I had a problem on several of the boxes I support where Mcafee 8 was causing explorer.exe and/or iexplore.exe to spike to 100%. The only thing that would fix it is a reboot. I could drop back to Mcafee 7.1, and the issue would disappear.

I just use housecall's web based virus scanner periodically. Thanks for the heads up though

You need both a full-time AV scanner and a malware program (grab Microsoft's - link in my .sig). It's now easy to create programs that will hide themselves from the scanner you describe.

It's also easy to make viruses that infect full-blown scanners too, don't forget that. Make sure to avoid AV programs like Norton. They are not only resource hogs, but also targets for virus writers.

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: Malak


You need both a full-time AV scanner and a malware program (grab Microsoft's - link in my .sig). It's now easy to create programs that will hide themselves from the scanner you describe.

It's also easy to make viruses that infect full-blown scanners too, don't forget that. Make sure to avoid AV programs like Norton. They are not only resource hogs, but also targets for virus writers.[/quote]

I'd suggest Norton's, as I think they make an excellent AV scanner, particularly their Corporate Edition productline. As OP can see, opinions vary.