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IExplorer to many running at the same time XP tip

You can sometimes have more than one Internet Explorer running in point of fact you can have a lot running.

Occasionally one will crash. The problem is which one?

Because now your Internet Explorer has slowed right down or even stopped.

How to find and kill it :‐

Taskmanager is the answer, so proceed as follows :‐

Taskmanager gives a list of programs running under the Applications tab, but under the Processes tab you get a list showing the processors running each with their name and memory usage and also the CPU percentage for each Process

( Do not confuse this with the Total CPU time in seconds a process has taken since it started )

__**Note :**__‐

If you click on the heading CPU it sorts the processes into which ones are currently running, and if you click again it sorts them ascending

Lets take an example

Suppose you support a project such as “ Seti@home “ this will take approximately 95% of the CPU

Time, when not running “ System Idle Process” takes over.

You will notice that if you move the mouse over the Taskmanager.

The CPU figure for Taskmanager goes up.

This is because it continually has to redraw the background and consequently do extra processing.

Therefore having your stalled Internet Explorer on‐screen together with all the other windows except for Taskmanager which should be minimised, i.e. not full screen.

Highlight one of the IEXPLORER.EXE lines, and move your Taskmanger around the screen at a moderate speed over the Explorer Window

If you have highlighted the correct one the CPU usage will shoot up, because once again it is redrawing the background.

When this happens you have found the correct one, so right click and “End Process “

Obviously when questioned click “ Yes “ and there it was Gone