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Zombie8u
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_ 		18. February 2006 @ 17:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
While analyzing and decoding explorer.exe in task manger is using 60-70% of my cpu cycles and dvd shrink only decodes at around 500kbs making very long rip times any ideas why explorer.exe is doing this
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GlueEater
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_ 		18. February 2006 @ 18:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
How much RAM you got? Is your DMA on? Check it here:

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/260038

When did you last defrag your drive? How much room do you have in your HD? YOu could also try reinstalling it.
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Zombie8u
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_ 		18. February 2006 @ 18:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
dma is on
defrag at least once a weak
got 80gig on 160gig drive
256 ram
tried reinstall ver 3.2 tried uninstall completly then going back to ver 3.1 no luck
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cyprusrom
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_ 		18. February 2006 @ 20:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
@Zombie8u
That might be a virus for you. Check this out:

http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/explorer.exe.html

Hope it helps. Do you have an AV program? There are plenty of free clean-up tools out there.

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/292257

let us know what you find out.
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Zombie8u
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_ 		19. February 2006 @ 04:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks for your response I'll check them and let you know
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Zombie8u
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_ 		19. February 2006 @ 16:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
AV scans come up clean so does spyware scans checked location for explorer.exe it is in windows directory I can change priority of DVDShrink.exe to high and explorer.exe to low using task manger this makes it better but still not right can explorer.exe be corrupt
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rab48124
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_ 		19. February 2006 @ 16:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
My girlfriend had Norton AV turned on and it slowed hers down a lot, I turned it off and everything was fine. She never used it so I dont know why she never unistalled it. Just a thought
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cyprusrom
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_ 		19. February 2006 @ 16:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I hope you find the fix in here:

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=74137

If you do, please let us know what worked.
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