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    Explorer.exe running 30-50% constantly

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Secret Neo, May 24, 2008.

  1. Secret Neo

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    Now I've read up on this problem and it doesnt really affect the speed of my laptop and apps, i just like running below 10% most of the time. I have 4GB ram and Vista Home Premium but my explorer.exe process it constantly running 30-50% of the CPU. It's using 34% of the PF (about 1.40 GB). I've run my kaspersky and it caught nothing, and I'm running a defragment of the HD right now. Will this help and is there anything I can disable?
     
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    no lol a defrag will do nothing. try right clicking explorer in the task manager and click end process, make sure you dont have any programs running. If this does not work , right click explorer.exe again click set priority and then click low

    hope this helped!
     
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    if i end it, then my desktop and taskbar and stuff would go away wouldn't it?
     
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    once you've ended explorer.exe run the task manager again, click file, then start new process, then type explorer.exe

    if this first solution doesn't work refer to my second one :)
     
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    well, i already set it to low but nothing changed, so ill try ending it.
     
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    well, i ended it, started it back up, seems alright for now. will it be fine if i shutdown and start the laptop up again, will it go back to 30-50% cpu usage?

    btw, its running below 10% now usually but my processing light is still blinking and i could still hear it physically processing.
     
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    only way to know is by restarting your laptop :)
     
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    didnt work, it still shoots up to about 40% when i restarted.
     
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    ahh i found it. it's dpagent.exe. how can i prevent this from starting up?
     
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    go to start and type in the search or run box, msconfig
    in the box that opens up uncheck dpagent.exe in the serivce/ startup tab
     
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    Note that if you remove dpagent.exe your finger print scanner will no longer work.
     
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    cool, seems to be running fine now, thx for the advice. but my processing light it still goin crazy and its doin somethin but the CPU is still under 10% most of the time.
     
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    ya i know, i dont use it anyhow. i didnt completely remove it anyway, just disabled it and its components.
     
    Secret Neo, May 24, 2008
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