Hi, I am having a windows explorer problem. It just started today and is very annoying. Every once in a while if im accessing things like, control panel, my computer, my documents, etc. i get this error that pops up. Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. Then i press ok, my task bar at the bottom of the screen disapears for a minute, reappears and then either everything is normal, or the computer starts running hella slow. Like a 300 mhz machine with 64 megs of ram. In the error details It says Mod Name: Jscript.dll and Appname: explorer.exe. I have alot on the drive and would like to avoid reinstalling the OS if possible. And i understand i could do a system restore to prev. date. But if possible i would like to find out whats causing it. I am running norton antivirus and firewall. I updated my virus definitions and it says im virus free. I am running an amd athlon xp 2000, 512 2700 ddr ram, 80 gb HD., Windows Xp Pro With All Avail Updates. Thanx for any help that u can give me,,,peace

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I found your message because I've been looking for the answer myself. I encountered the same problem today - all day! - and I can't figure out what the problem is. Rebooting doesn't help. I'm completely up to date on virus programs and Windows updates, and I've run McAfee a few times. It has to be more than mere coincidence that we began experiencing the same problem on the same day. I would also welcome some help!


On Monday, October 20, 2003 at 11:09 pm, Levi wrote:
>Hi,
>I am having a windows explorer problem. It just started today and is very annoying.
>Every once in a while if im accessing things like, control panel, my computer, my
>documents, etc. i get this error that pops up. Windows Explorer has encountered a
>problem and needs to close. Then i press ok, my task bar at the bottom of the screen
>disapears for a minute, reappears and then either everything is normal, or the computer
>starts running hella slow. Like a 300 mhz machine with 64 megs of ram. In the error
>details It says Mod Name: Jscript.dll and Appname: explorer.exe. I have alot on the
>drive and would like to avoid reinstalling the OS if possible. And i understand i
>could do a system restore to prev. date. But if possible i would like to find out
>whats causing it. I am running norton antivirus and firewall. I updated my virus
>definitions and it says im virus free. I am running an amd athlon xp 2000, 512 2700
>ddr ram, 80 gb HD., Windows Xp Pro With All Avail Updates. Thanx for any help that
>u can give me,,,peace

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Yeah, that definitely sounds like more than a coincidence. With the advice from other forums i installed ad-aware. And ran that program. It basically removes all of the spyware and what not from your comp. I thought it did the trick, but i guess not. Its the same exact message, except when u look at the mod name in the details its now ntdll.dll instead of jscript.dll. If anyone comes up with any answers for this prob please hit me up. and if i hear anything beach-music ill letcha know...


On Monday, October 20, 2003 at 11:26 pm, beach-music wrote:
>I found your message because I've been looking for the answer myself. I encountered
>the same problem today - all day! - and I can't figure out what the problem is.
>Rebooting doesn't help. I'm completely up to date on virus programs and Windows
>updates, and I've run McAfee a few times. It has to be more than mere coincidence
>that we began experiencing the same problem on the same day. I would also welcome
>some help!
>
>

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If you have not installed any new apps or programs
recently, I would start with spyware check.
Download, update and run:
SpyBot Search & Destroy and 
Ad-aware
I would also recommend an online AVscan as many of
the recent virii are designed to affect installed AV
programs especially Norton.
See if this helps at all.

Good Luck,
---MJB---







On Monday, October 20, 2003 at 11:09 pm, Levi wrote:
>Hi, 
>I am having a windows explorer problem. It just started today and is very annoying. 
>Every once in a while if im accessing things like, control panel, my computer, my 
>documents, etc. i get this error that pops up. Windows Explorer has encountered 
a 
>problem and needs to close. Then i press ok, my task bar at the bottom of the screen 
>disapears for a minute, reappears and then either everything is normal, or the computer 
>starts running hella slow. Like a 300 mhz machine with 64 megs of ram. In the error 
>details It says Mod Name: Jscript.dll and Appname: explorer.exe. I have alot on 
the 
>drive and would like to avoid reinstalling the OS if possible. And i understand 
i 
>could do a system restore to prev. date. But if possible i would like to find out 
>whats causing it. I am running norton antivirus and firewall. I updated my virus 
>definitions and it says im virus free. I am running an amd athlon xp 2000, 512 2700 
>ddr ram, 80 gb HD., Windows Xp Pro With All Avail Updates. Thanx for any help that 
>u can give me,,,peace 

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This sounds to me as if it is a problem with the javascript dll (jscript.dll). I think i saw a windows update concerning javascript the other day so ensure that you have all the updates installed. If that doesnt work try reinstalling internet explorer which may make a new copy of the javascript dll. Other than that i would reinstall windows.


On Monday, October 20, 2003 at 11:26 pm, beach-music wrote:
>I found your message because I've been looking for the answer myself. I encountered
>the same problem today - all day! - and I can't figure out what the problem is.
>Rebooting doesn't help. I'm completely up to date on virus programs and Windows
>updates, and I've run McAfee a few times. It has to be more than mere coincidence
>that we began experiencing the same problem on the same day. I would also welcome
>some help!
>
>

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I have this problem too, I have ad-aware and norton but nothing has worked. Re-installing windows? How do you do that? And doesn't it get rid of all of your work?


On Tuesday, October 21, 2003 at 5:36 am, Richard Ellis wrote:
>This sounds to me as if it is a problem with the javascript dll (jscript.dll). I
>think i saw a windows update concerning javascript the other day so ensure that you
>have all the updates installed. If that doesnt work try reinstalling internet explorer
>which may make a new copy of the javascript dll.
>
>Other than that i would reinstall windows.
>
>

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