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waltert · 12-01-2006, 05:42 PM

my computer is built by me (in maybe 2001), and here are the stats:
OS: windows XP corporate edition (I lost my XP home disk and found a friend with XP corporate)
RAM: 512mb not sure what speed (probably 2100 if that exists) one stick
Processor: AMD athlon XP 1900 plus
HD: 40 gig with about 19gigs of free space.
Graphics card: Nvidia G force 2 MX 400

basically when I open a large directory (pictures, videos, whatever) windows explorer will randomly crash, closing all windows, and return me to a blank background (no taskbar, no icons). after about a second, everything on the desktop returns to normal. and it seems to be just media files that give me problems.

I dont remember it always doing this, as I used to have huge directories with downloaded files, and I dont remember it happening in the past...it seems to have showed up in the last say...5 months...nothing has really changed on the machine either.

could it be caused by an update from windows?

old hard drive (2001)?

I've seen someone else's computer (also running XP) do it as well...

any insight on this? I've found my XP home edition, so I could switch operating systems if you guys think it would help.

Thanks

12-01-2006, 05:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
waltert Insane	having trouble with windows half-crashing my computer is built by me (in maybe 2001), and here are the stats: OS: windows XP corporate edition (I lost my XP home disk and found a friend with XP corporate) RAM: 512mb not sure what speed (probably 2100 if that exists) one stick Processor: AMD athlon XP 1900 plus HD: 40 gig with about 19gigs of free space. Graphics card: Nvidia G force 2 MX 400 basically when I open a large directory (pictures, videos, whatever) windows explorer will randomly crash, closing all windows, and return me to a blank background (no taskbar, no icons). after about a second, everything on the desktop returns to normal. and it seems to be just media files that give me problems. I dont remember it always doing this, as I used to have huge directories with downloaded files, and I dont remember it happening in the past...it seems to have showed up in the last say...5 months...nothing has really changed on the machine either. could it be caused by an update from windows? old hard drive (2001)? I've seen someone else's computer (also running XP) do it as well... any insight on this? I've found my XP home edition, so I could switch operating systems if you guys think it would help. Thanks Last edited by waltert; 12-01-2006 at 05:52 PM..