explorer hanging up

[siliconbauhaus]

I've been having issues with my comp the past week. At first I thought it was max hanging up as it always appeared to happen when using it.

My cpu usage will suddenly go to around 52% and just hang there. Everything becomes unresponsive.

I did a system restore to a week before and it's still doing it. I've determined it to be windows explorer and not max.

Anyone else had this happen or have any ideas of a fix as it's pissing me off?

[vlado]

Have you checked your computer for viruses?

Best regards,
Vlado

[siliconbauhaus]

Several times so far. It all started happening after I had some automatic updates install

[DaForce]

whats causing your cpu usage to hit 50%?

Like what process is it?

[teabag]

what sort of system r u using....ive noticed this happening on vista from time to time

regards

Martin

[siliconbauhaus]

I got it fixed.

The process was explorer running at 50 %. I uninstalled the last bunch of windows updates as it seemed to be after that I started having the trouble. I ran a chkdsk and then installed kaspersky and did a full scan. No viruses or anything but it's been perfect ever since. I'm not sure if it was the uninstall or the chkdsk that sorted it.

xp sp2 btw

[JeffG2]

I've been seeing the same exact thing with Firefox - every now and then it freezes for about 20 or 30 seconds and uses 50% of the cpu.

Infact, I was just doing a search on it.

Highly anoying.

[siliconbauhaus]

well I spoke too soon I think. I'ts started doing it again but not as bad so I'm back to square 1