Explorer.exe seems to be running high on usage

Brandon138 · 13 May 2013

I hope this is the correct area to post this.

My explorer.exe I noticed has been running at a higher usage rate than normal that last few days. I had recently installed Daemon tools lite, and it was suggested that it could be the problem, so I uninstalled that and ran the SPTDinst.exe and removed the drive, restarted the computer and I am still having the problem. Explorer.exe seems to go from about 25,000kbs to 45,000kbs when I am not running anything major. The only other thing I installed recently was the Rosetta Stone software, not sure if that could be the problem. A

Any ideas on what to do about this? Or is the normal? I run windows 7 64 home premium. I have norton 360 installed and ran a full scan, nothing, and did the same with Malwarebytes and nothing came up.

Britton30 · 13 May 2013

Maybe normal, Mine is currently 34,120K, that's how much RAM it is using, not Kbs. Getting rid of Daemon was a good idea.

Brandon138 · 13 May 2013

Really, well that makes me feel a bit better, I googled it and people seemed to think that was high, which is why I posted this thread. I was also told that Norton 360 tended to bump things up a lot and it was suggested that perhaps I should switch to either Avast or MSE.

The only other thing of note is I got a BSOD the other day, which is rare for me these days and it happened when I plugged in an external hard drive. I was told I should update my AMD usb filter driver, but I could not find the correct one for my toshiba satellite online at their website, so I did nothing and the problem has yet to resurface. Not sure if that could have anything to do with it.

So in your opinion, would you say not to worry about it at this time?

Britton30 · 13 May 2013

I don't see anything wrong. I am a Norton user but I don't like the 360 product, it doubles up on a lot of things w7 already does. I'd disable all of its "optimizing" features. I just use their Internet Security. MSE is kind of weak on detections but many here use and like Avast security.

Brandon138 · 13 May 2013

Thanks I will configure Norton better, appreciate the advice and attention paid.

carwiz · 13 May 2013

Open Task Manager, click on the Performance Tab. At the bottom of that window is a button labeled Performance Monitor. Click on it then select the Disk Tab on that new window. It will show all disk drive activity by file. Windows 7 does a lot of background housekeeping but if you watch the activity, it will drop off and you can see what files are in use. The other tabs show similar activity for CPU, Memory and Network. It's a nice tool for checking your system.

The Overview Tab will show all processes and services. You can change the order of the list by clicking on a column header. If you click on Average CPU, you can see who the hogs are.