windows vista problem

[cati]

i have a problem with my vista ultimate, every 5 minutes my laptop blocks and appears a box saying Windows explorer has stopped working.
please help

[Keithuk]

Well my advise to you cati is join a Vista forum I have.

[thewizardofodds]

does it work in safe mode mate

[cati]

yes it works

[loop-revil]

Try this , it's not a microsoft certified solution. I'm not a software engineer. But I did this and it works ,
Getting rid of explorer errors in computers with the AMD chip on board.
It'll leave you vulnerable to virus maybe but at least you'll be able to use your computer unless you are terminally stupid then you should have no trouble with it. If you are and prone to sue then forget everything I just told you.

1.click the Start button at the bottom left of your screen
2.click the Control Panel menu item
3.then double-click the System icon.
4.Click the Advanced tab
5.Find the item marked Performance right under there is a button that says Settings.
6.Click the Data Execution Prevention tab.
7.You'll see two options in that window click the second option that says "Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select."
8. when you are finished with that then click the 'add...' button it should be visable at the bottom of the box. then you have to find where the file 'explorer.exe' resides on your computer most of the time it's something like this c:\windows\explorer.exe anyway add explorer to that list. It'll give you a warning just ignore it and click ok. Then you reboot and if you try it everything should work just fine.