explorer.exe freezing in time, won't open programs or update itself

[YaYaBinks]

Hi all,
My explorer.exe is bugging. I cannot open anything, even Windows Task Manager and it seems to be that it's frozen in time.
Windows Task Manager is not open, and I have two icons in my tray for it, both frozen. Skype won't update itself, like, my friend, I was IMing him and I read the IM, and it's still saying I have a notification, on Skype AND on explorer.exe (Task bar wise). I'm very concerned because I would like to know if I have a virus. Please help!

 

[marsmimar]

Hello YaYaBinks and welcome to Seven Forums.

Couple of things you can try. Do you have a restore point going back to a date/time prior to these issues? If yes, try rolling back the computer.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/700-system-restore.html

Another thing you can try is to see if you have any damaged or corrupt system files by running a system file checker scan from an elevated command prompt (option two.) If any problems are noted run the scan 3 times rebooting in between each scan.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

If the above doesn't work you could try going through these additional troubleshooting steps prepared by one of our Forum experts.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/220165-troubleshooting-steps-windows-7-a.html