explorer.exe keeps failing

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savesheep

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This is actually a windows XP question. You guys always seem to know the answer to my vista problems, so I'm hoping you can help me out here, if not point me in the right direction!

I am using Win XP Pro and just recently my computer was hit by a power surge..killed the power supply. I have recently replaced it with an OCZ 500Watt supply and its up again. But ever since then, its been running a little strange.

When I open up my computer, and browse through a couple folders, explorer.exe "encounters a problem" and restarts itself. The computer was running totally fine before this power surge..its my everyday web design computer so I'm on it almost 24/7. It seems to possibly happen when I copy/paste files. Besides this, it seems like the HD "thinks" a lot more than it used to. I'm kind of leaning towards the fact that my new power supply fan is a lot quieter, if not silent, compared to my other one..so I hear the HD more than I used to.

I HAVE run a memory test on both 1GB DDR2 sticks AND a Seagate HD test on my two maxtor hard drives. Everything passed with flying colors.

Does anybody have any idea? Thanks for your time!
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    C2D E8600 @ 3.3GHz
    Motherboard
    nForce SLI 680i
    Memory
    G Skill DDR2 1066 4x2GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Dual XFX FeForce 8500 GT 512MB SLI
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Some Dell LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital 600GB
    Maxtor 500GB
    PSU
    Thermaltake Toughpower XT 850W SLI
    Case
    Antec Nine Hundred
    Cooling
    ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Wireless Keyboard 1000
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000
    Internet Speed
    DSL
Next would be to do a system test on your Windows Installation - SFC /SCANNOW
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro X64 Insider Preview (Skip Ahead) latest build
    Manufacturer/Model
    The Beast Model V (homebrew)
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 965 EE @ 3.6 GHz
    Motherboard
    eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
    Memory
    3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
    Graphics Card(s)
    eVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 (04G-P4-3979-KB)
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio (onboard)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 * Lenovo LT2323pwA Widescreeen
    Screen Resolution
    2 * 1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System)
    Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree)
    2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD
    Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
    PSU
    Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
    Case
    ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
    Cooling
    Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15 (gen 2)
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master (shared)
    Internet Speed
    AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
  • Operating System
    Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
    Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo ThinkPad E545
    CPU
    AMD A6-5350M APU
    Motherboard
    Lenovo
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Radeon HD (Embedded)
    Sound Card
    Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Lenovo 15" Matte
    Screen Resolution
    1680 * 1050
    Hard Drives
    INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
    PSU
    Lenovo
    Case
    Lenovo
    Cooling
    Lenovo
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master (shared) | Synaptics TouchPad
    Keyboard
    Lenovo
    Internet Speed
    AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex
I agree with John Galt.

When your computer was hit with the power surge, were you working on it at the time, or was it maybe in sleep or hibernate mode? The reason that I ask is that there may be a corrupted hibernation file that is loaded at boot.

Chkdsk, scan, do all the usual stuff to see if a simple disk recovery can repair it. Then, if it still doesn't work try disk cleanup and look for the hibernate file to delete.

It is probably something simple and it is probably a corrupted file caused by a disk write error.
 

My Computer

System One

Hey guys,

I tried doing a system restore, but this problem continued. What I wound up doing was disabling the Data Execution Prevention for explorer.exe (can be found by right clicking my computer, properties, advanced, performance, data execution prevention). This wound up curing my .. fun. So I un-restored the system and disabled this again..not a problem since. =)

I am actually using Win XP Essentials, if anybody knows what that is, and it doesn't have sfc / scannow. :/ sucks.

Thanks a lot for your help guys!
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    C2D E8600 @ 3.3GHz
    Motherboard
    nForce SLI 680i
    Memory
    G Skill DDR2 1066 4x2GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Dual XFX FeForce 8500 GT 512MB SLI
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Some Dell LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital 600GB
    Maxtor 500GB
    PSU
    Thermaltake Toughpower XT 850W SLI
    Case
    Antec Nine Hundred
    Cooling
    ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Wireless Keyboard 1000
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000
    Internet Speed
    DSL
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