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Explorer.exe using 100% CPU

orpheusorpheus Registered User regular
edited July 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
This only seems to happen when I watch an .avi file, but Explorer.exe will jump up to 100% CPU usage for 1 to 2 mins. I can end the process and restart explorer, but that crashes some programs in the systray. A google search found some threads suggesting to remove some keys in the registry. I backed them up and did so but no help. Any other ideas?

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  • PirateJonPirateJon Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    How far down the rabbit hole are you willing to go?

    http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2008/04/07/3031251.aspx

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  • ScrubletScrublet Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    This is PURELY ANECDOTAL, but everytime this seemed to happen to one of my friends, I would dig into it and eventually find viruses/worms chewing up resources. Granted usually this happened all the time, not while ONLY watching an .avi file. But make sure. Generally if I run into an issue like this on my own computer it's around my annual format time anyways, so I just deal with it that way.

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  • musanmanmusanman Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I had this problem when I had my graphics card that didn't like my motherboard. I think it was my 6600gt. Do you have one of those? It sure sounds like exactly the same thing and if I remember turning off something in the bios.

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  • ChenChen Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I get this on a few occassions too. It's sometimes followed by a pop-up window when logging off stating a certain program is not responding and I have to click cancel to log off. I can't remember the exact name of the program, but I'll see if I can dig it up and report here. Anything I should be worried about?

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  • ProPatriaMoriProPatriaMori Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    orpheus wrote: »
    This only seems to happen when I watch an .avi file, but Explorer.exe will jump up to 100% CPU usage for 1 to 2 mins. I can end the process and restart explorer, but that crashes some programs in the systray. A google search found some threads suggesting to remove some keys in the registry. I backed them up and did so but no help. Any other ideas?

    Are you watching the AVI file from a directory where it gets thumbnailed? That might chew on your processor some.

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I would suggest a reformat.

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