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10-29-2005, 06:22 PM
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Who says you need explorer.exe to post on 2+2?
...but it sure would be nice!
This Tuesday, my A/C adapter for my laptop was stolen. I replaced it with a Targus charger. That adapter worked once. The next time I restarted my computer, it froze as soon as it got to the desktop. Task Manager revealed that quickset (a power management utility) was using something like 98% of CPU power. I killed it, no help. On restart, quickset was fine, but explorer.exe appeared to be frozen. No response from icons on the desktop, and an hourglass cursor whenever I moved the mouse over the taskbar. Couldn't open the start menu. I returned the Targus adapter and got one from the manufacturer. Same problem with explorer. I finally came up with a partial workaround. On startup, I kill explorer.exe, then run it again from Task Manager. It still freezes up, but it gets far enough to configure my internet. Then, I kill it again, and start anything I need from Task Manager. I've installed a bunch of spyware detectors and AV software, but I haven't turned up any problems that would explain this. I really really really don't want to reformat. Any ideas? I'm running a Dell Latitude D600, Pentium M 1.6, 512 MB RAM, WinXP Pro. Thanks in advance. 
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10-29-2005, 06:34 PM
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Re: Who says you need explorer.exe to post on 2+2?
I am never amazed what problems people get on and on with windows XP and they still continue to use it.
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10-29-2005, 07:08 PM
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Re: Who says you need explorer.exe to post on 2+2?
I use WinXP without too many problems. A big part of stability is prevention. I run AV software, firewall, and run Ad-Aware and Spybot at least once a week. I defrag regularly. I clean the registry. And, most important of all, I have a 300gb external hdd with full backups of both my computers.
Sure, it is a good amount of work. Maybe I'd be better off using linux, but as a law student I don't really have the time to make the switch. Anyway, sometimes I miss ms-dos and WordPerfect 5.1.
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10-30-2005, 03:37 AM
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Re: Who says you need explorer.exe to post on 2+2?
Windows 2000 or Windows 2003 Server.
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10-30-2005, 07:05 PM
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Re: Who says you need explorer.exe to post on 2+2?
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I use WinXP without too many problems. A big part of stability is prevention. I run AV software, firewall, and run Ad-Aware and Spybot at least once a week. I defrag regularly. I clean the registry. And, most important of all, I have a 300gb external hdd with full backups of both my computers. Sure, it is a good amount of work. Maybe I'd be better off using linux, but as a law student I don't really have the time to make the switch. Anyway, sometimes I miss ms-dos and WordPerfect 5.1. [/ QUOTE ] I loved WordPerfect 5.1. Shift-F7 baby! scrub
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11-01-2005, 02:17 PM
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Re: Who says you need explorer.exe to post on 2+2?
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I am never amazed what problems people get on and on with windows XP and they still continue to use it [/ QUOTE ] 99.99% of these are user/infection issues
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11-01-2005, 03:28 PM
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Re: Who says you need explorer.exe to post on 2+2?
You can get a free beta from MS. FREE! And yes windows 2003 R2 beta is way better than XP.
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11-01-2005, 03:32 PM
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Re: Who says you need explorer.exe to post on 2+2?
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You can get a free beta from MS. FREE! And yes windows 2003 R2 beta is way better than XP. [/ QUOTE ] It is not better than XP for the home user. And ooh a free beta, what do you suggest these users you are telling to get it will do when it expires?
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