Explorer Windows stops responding constantly and stops and restarts

I have windows 7 and Explorer is constantly stops responding and then looking for solutions then stops and restarts. I don't know when exactly it started to do this but is real annoying and reached a point almost unusable.

The event viewer will be your starting point. You will need to check your Event Viewer logs to see this error message is recorded exactly against incidents explore crashing. To find out what information is recorded in the event viewer and how to open it, you can read this article:

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/what-information-appears-in-event-logs-Event-Viewer

Once you find errors in the event viewer, you can double-click it to see details on the error. There will be only a failed Module associated with the error, and which could give us some more.

I saw this problem caused by Norton Antivirus. If you have running on your computer, you can disable it from the Norton Control Panel and check.

You can also put the computer to clean the start State and see if any of the non - Windows Services running on the computer is at the origin of the problem. If the problem does not occur in the boot, you can activate these non-windows services one by one and see which one is the culprit. Here's how to Windows 7 computer in a clean boot state:

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

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    Application timestamp: 4aebab8d
    Fault Module name: Explorer.EXE
    Fault Module Version: 6.1.7600.16450
    Timestamp of Module error: 4aebab8d
    Exception code: c000041d
    Exception offset: 000000000002cc2b
    OS version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.3
    Locale ID: 1033
    Additional information 1: 9 d 35
    More information 2: 9d352eeb48f756eef3e09921a012e0a8
    Additional information 3: ca2c
    Additional information 4: ca2c069770e7f64d60f91ac290056ba5

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    References to Vista also apply to Windows 7.

    What antivirus/antispyware/security products do you have on the machine? Be one you have NEVER
    on this machine, including those you have uninstalled (they leave leftovers behind which can cause
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    Follow these steps:

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    How to analyze the log file entries that the Microsoft Windows Resource Checker (SFC.exe) program
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    http://www.SevenForums.com/tutorials/433-disk-check.html

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    After the foregoing:

    How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or
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    http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

    Use advanced tools to solve performance problems in Windows 7
    http://www.howtogeek.com/HOWTO/6152/use-advanced-tools-to-troubleshoot-performance-problems-in-Windows-7/

    Problems with the overall speed of the system and performance
    http://support.Microsoft.com/default.aspx/GP/slow_windows_performance?p=1

    How to troubleshoot performance issues in Windows Vista
    http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950685

    Optimize the performance of Microsoft Windows Vista
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    reference (if you have a small box at the bottom left - show for all users, then check that).

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    http://www.SevenForums.com/tutorials/1401-startup-programs-change.html

    A quick check to see that load method 2 is - using MSCONFIG then put a list of
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    Tools that should help you:

    Process Explorer - free - find out which files, key of registry and other objects processes have opened.
    What DLLs they have loaded and more. This exceptionally effective utility will show you even who has
    each process.
    http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

    Autoruns - free - see what programs are configured to start automatically when you start your system
    and you log in. Autoruns also shows you the full list of registry and file locations where applications can
    Configure auto-start settings.
    http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
    Process Monitor - Free - monitor the system files, registry, process, thread and DLL real-time activity.
    http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/bb896645.aspx

    There are many excellent free tools from Sysinternals
    http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/default.aspx

    -Free - WhatsInStartUP this utility displays the list of all applications that are loaded automatically
    When Windows starts. For each request, the following information is displayed: Type of startup (registry/Startup folder), Command - Line String, the product name, Version of the file, the name of the company;
    Location in the registry or the file system and more. It allows you to easily disable or remove unwanted
    a program that runs in your Windows startup.
    http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/what_run_in_startup.html

    There are many excellent free tools to NirSoft
    http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/index.html

    Window Watcher - free - do you know what is running on your computer? Maybe not. The window
    Watcher says it all, reporting of any window created by running programs, if the window
    is visible or not.
    http://www.KarenWare.com/PowerTools/ptwinwatch.asp

    Many excellent free tools and an excellent newsletter at Karenware
    http://www.KarenWare.com/

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    Think about it an absolute must - manually update your drivers.

    Vista and Windows 7 updated drivers love then here's how update the most important.

    This is my generic how updates of appropriate driver:

    This utility, it is easy see which versions are loaded:

    -Free - DriverView utility displays the list of all device drivers currently loaded on your system.
    For each driver in the list, additional useful information is displayed: load address of the driver,
    Description, version, product name, company that created the driver and more.
    http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/DriverView.html

    For drivers, visit manufacturer of emergency system and of the manufacturer of the device that are the most common.
    Control Panel - device - Graphics Manager - note the brand and complete model
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    Repeat this for network - card (NIC), Wifi network, sound, mouse, and keyboard if 3rd party
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    Now in the system manufacturer (Dell, HP, Toshiba as examples) site (in a restaurant), peripheral
    Site of the manufacturer (Realtek, Intel, Nvidia, ATI, for example) and get their latest versions. (Look for
    BIOS, Chipset and software updates on the site of the manufacturer of the system here.)

    Download - SAVE - go to where you put them - right click - RUN AD ADMIN - REBOOT after
    each installation.

    Always check in the Device Manager - drivers tab to be sure the version you actually install
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    in particular that) so to install a driver - reboot - check that it is installed and repeat as
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    Repeat to the manufacturers - BTW in the DO NOT RUN THEIR SCANNER device - check
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    http://pcsupport.about.com/od/driverssupport/HT/driverdlmfgr.htm

    Installation and update of drivers under Windows 7 (updated drivers manually using the methods above
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    http://www.SevenForums.com/tutorials/43216-installing-updating-drivers-7-a.html

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    http://www.AddictiveTips.com/Windows-Tips/how-to-disable-automatic-driver-installation-in-Windows-Vista/
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    Refer to these discussions because many more excellent advice however don't forget to check your antivirus
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    first.

    Problems with the overall speed of the system and performance
    http://support.Microsoft.com/GP/slow_windows_performance/en-us

    Performance and Maintenance Tips
    http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7performance/thread/19e5d6c3-BF07-49ac-a2fa-6718c988f125

    Explorer Windows stopped working
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    Ajay K
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