I am running windows xp on my laptop and all of a sudden it is hanging. i noticed that my cpu usage is at 100% and 99% or so of this is from explorer.exe...has anyone else experienced this problem? any help on how i can get my laptop running again would be greatly appreciated...also, i cannot even get any windows to open to get to any of my data files.

thanks.
Jill
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Did you try booting to safe mode and run your antivirus program !

How to start computer in safe mode

yes, i booted in safe mode and ran a virus scan and it found nothing. however my anti virus is not up to date, can i install my new antivirus software in safe mode?

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