I get 'Explorer.exe not responding' about every half hour

byzantine

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Came out of nowhere. I haven't loaded anything new, just business as usual. I got a lightning strike a year ago, and had to buy a network adapter that plugs into a port, as a workaround to get past the fried network adapter card inside the computer, and I had to download some drivers for it. But that was a year ago, and this explorer.exe problem just started a week ago. I can live with it, if it doesn't get worse. I get the spinning circle when the cursor is on blank space. I then try to open some file, and I get the dialog box, and I choose 'close explorer', which makes it close and restart explorer. It's good for another half hour or more at that point. Doesn't seem to be caused by any particular action on my part. Clues welcome!
 

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windows 7 32 bit
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Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
custom
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windows 7 32 bit
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asus ??
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maxtor 75 g
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Update : I was on for 4 consecutive hours yesterday and didn't get the explorer error even once. Don't know why.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

windows 7 32 bit
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
custom
OS
windows 7 32 bit
Motherboard
asus ??
Hard Drives
maxtor 75 g
Browser
firefox
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