explorer.exe taking up 20% CPU

[MyNameIsRaGe 0]

Is anyone else having this problem? Explorer.exe takes up, on average, 20% CPU usage.. This makes all my games skip every few seconds, and other programs run crappy as well..

 

I know it's explorer, because if I end task on it, and run a game without explorer running, the games don't skip, and I get, on average, 20fps more then usual.

 

I've got Windows XP Professional.. An Athlon 1.1GHz, running at 1.3GHz, 384MB of PC133 RAM, an Abit KT7E motherboard, and a PNY GeForce 4 ti4400..

 

Any advice would be appreciated..

[CUViper 0]

Please do not double-post.... I have replied to your other thread here...