XP Pro SP1 Random Explorer Crashing

[SupaCracka]

I am constantly having my explorer shell crash for no apparent reason. I pulled up the messages from the Event Viewer, this is what it shows:

Error - Faulting application explorer.exe, version 6.0.2800.1106, faulting module explorer.exe, version 6.0.2800.1106, fault address 0x000039f0.

Information - The shell stopped unexpectedly and Explorer.exe was restarted.


It does this randomly all the time. Sometimes when I double-click the My Computer icon or the Dial-up connection icons, sometimes when I'm copying/cutting/pasting, etc. This has happened with my last three installations of XP. Even if I re-install, then install all the updates.

 

[Bunk454]

This has happened with my last three installations of XP. Even if I re-install, then install all the updates.

Are you just re-installing on top of the old copy of XP, or have you re-formated the drive each time?

If this is happening after a full format and fresh install, I'd say you have a hardware problem, my first guess would be a memory issue.

 

[Ranma_Sao]

If you look, you should find a drwatson folder that contains minidumps, if you could put that on a share somewhere, I could take a look... But otherwise I would need more information.

 

[SupaCracka]

I've done both, repair installation, and complete re-format. And there are no minidumps, there is no drwatson folder. theres only "drwatson.log" (which contains nothing), and "drwatson.exe" in the system32 folder.