win xp: cpu usage goes 100%

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i'm using xp pro, and maybe after opening a few browsers and also a div x file on media player at the same time, and all of a sudden, the comp goes real slow.
I open task manager to find that either explorer.exe or idle processes is using all the CPU.
I can obviously close the explorer process, and the CPU usage goes right down. But after making another explorer process, it goes back to hogging the CPU again.

Any suggestions?
my comp is a barton 2500 + 1g ram.
 
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