Running XP SP2.
Out of the blue I cannot start Internet Explorer.
When I click on it - it loads briefly and then disappears.
Shortcut is corrrect: "C:Program FilesInternet Exploreriexplore.exe"
I can open Internet Tools (Start/Internet Explorer/Internet Options/Tools
The problem is my Dell Inspiron 600m laptop running Windows XP Home has a weird symptom that just started up. Literally, every second my system has a brief pause or stutter for just a brief moment, like clockwork. From playing a game or video, to just moving a window around on the screen, or even just moving the mouse about, every second it'll just pause or come close to pausing, and then jump to where it should be. Almost like every second some background process is briefly using all the cpu.Here are the series of events, and then I'll give some more details of the problem itself.
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