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11-23-2008, 11:30 AM
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Help please...Windows XP problem
Howdy peoples havin a problem with the system on my gamer..Often on opening a program I get the "Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and has to shut down blah,blah,etc."Is there a fix for this? Can Windows Explorer be re-installed? If so how and where do you findit? It it on the Windows XP PRO disk?..Thanking you for any help....
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11-23-2008, 12:12 PM
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Are you updated to sp3? If not, try that.
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11-23-2008, 12:24 PM
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I have heard really bad things about SP3....
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11-23-2008, 01:02 PM
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Like what? I haven't seen any issues personally and I have 4 XP machines.
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11-23-2008, 01:45 PM
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SP3 has been a pain-free upgrade.
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11-23-2008, 08:24 PM
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Not sure if it will help, but here's a link to MS web site covering Explorer error msg's.
http://support.microsoft.com/search/...message&mode=r |
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11-24-2008, 11:27 AM
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Thanks for the answers guys....
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11-29-2008, 06:12 PM
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Hi all,
Afraid I have no direct advice on Skalb's problem, but I also have recently installed SP3 and everything seems OK.....runs a bit slow but then it's oooold hardware! Loving your avatar, Shadow - I'm sure you are a nice guy really ! Chris |
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11-29-2008, 07:32 PM
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Scan for malware.
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11-30-2008, 08:35 AM
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Could look for programs trying to startup on boot also!
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11-30-2008, 11:19 AM
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Hi glc and all I have done that sir...Some guys at the MSI forum were helping me but I tried to answer them the other day and I have been banned from posting..No idea why
.One day I could and the next I'm banned..I cant find any spyware etc on the system....http://forum.msi.com.tw/index.php?PH...7a0bc6c7e78ec& |
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