windows explorer autorefresh

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Some win XP in my company have the same problem: in windows explorer the
address bar refreshes its content every 2-3 seconds, preventing the user from
changing the content by typing directly (very very boring...). The same
thingh happens with the start menu in the "control panel" section; all fo the
other sections are not affected.
I already tried checked any possible presence of adware and malware, also
using procexplorer and looking for hidden tasks or drivers, no way.
I also tied to disable most of the active ervices one by one, and I found
that the the problem is related to one of those svchost.exe instances that
holds most of the windows services, like workstation, dhcp client, themes,
NLA, user switch, windows audio, auto update, and many others. Stopping that
instance of svchost solves problem, but it's not a soluction; the system is
unusable! I also tried to disable some single services held by that instance
of svchost, but it seems to depend upon the combination of SOME of them, not
just one. Before I get crazy with this... any idea?

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Cristiano,

this link is worth a read.

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cac [...] ;Cristiano Iera - SWEN Srl" <Cristiano Iera - SWENSrl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in messagenews:E298466B-35D0-465E-8C6D-1077F6674EDD@microsoft.com...> Some win XP in my company have the same problem: in windows explorer the> address bar refreshes its content every 2-3 seconds, preventing the userfrom> changing the content by typing directly (very very boring...). The same> thingh happens with the start menu in the "control panel" section; all fothe> other sections are not affected.> I already tried checked any possible presence of adware and malware, also> using procexplorer and looking for hidden tasks or drivers, no way.> I also tied to disable most of the active ervices one by one, and I found> that the the problem is related to one of those svchost.exe instances that> holds most of the windows services, like workstation, dhcp client, themes,> NLA, user switch, windows audio, auto update, and many others. Stoppingthat> instance of svchost solves problem, but it's not a soluction; the systemis> unusable! I also tried to disable some single services held by thatinstance> of svchost, but it seems to depend upon the combination of SOME of them,not> just one. Before I get crazy with this... any idea?