"Bob Grommes" wrote:

> For starters, you need to ask this question in an appropriate group.
> This group is a bunch of software developers and architects discussing
> performance of the .NET framework. You won't get good answers here
> about unrelated topics such as the performance of particular operating
> system configurations. Try, perhaps,
> microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance.
>
> Good luck (in my personal opinion -- with Vista, you'll need it!),
>
> --Bob
>
> bratty brunette wrote:
> > I have Windows Vista Home Basics. I am using a emachines W3262 (Idon't know
> > if that matters). Sometimes my computer starts running hard. I went under
> > Task Manager and nothing shows up except Explorer.EXE is using 50% CPU.
> > Since I can't turn it off, what else is there to do?