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windows explorer shutting down
Hi I have a problem with windows shutting down when I select "my videos folder" in my dolcuments. Get a warning that windows is shutting down to protect the system, then I get the notice of choice weather to report or not report this to microdoft along with a lot of verbage about DEP and how to stop DEP from running after I have checked: windows update and the security system. I have 9.5 gigs of videos in this file, the system is less than a month old.
8400 3.2 pent 4
1 gig RAM
160 hard drive
Any suggestions? Hope so.
Thanks
Ken
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Posted February 4th, 2005 21:00
Just press Ctrl+Alt+Del when it does it again. It will help a lot.- I get the same problem on a Dimesion 8400 , 3.4 Pentium, 1 gig ram , and it started the day I got the computer, with Windows Explorer shutting down intermittanly. . Numerous calls to Dell tech support, and they finally decided to relplace the hard drive and reload the OS and software. I am thinking that this is just an issue with DEP and SP2 and after going though all the work of having to reload everything on a new harddrive, I will be in the same position as now.I basically got the PC to run Microsoft Flight Sim , and people that are pretty computer savvy, suggest that DEP should be turned off permanently anyway, and the result will be faster and smoother operation of the Flight Simulator. What I am wonderig is, is it OK to run the PC with DEP off providing you have a good firewall and virus protect, which I do? Or should I let them swap out the harddrive?Bob
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Posted February 4th, 2005 18:00
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875351