Can't kill explorer.exe. Network sharing to blame?

I was copying files from an XP computer to Vista over the network and
copying just freezes so I try to wait. The animation keeps going, but
the statistics are the same. I try click to cancel and it doesn't
work. I have to kill explorer.exe and it doesn't work. explorer.exe
will not die! Now I'm trying to shutdown, but it's stuck on Logging
off... I can press the moon key on my keyboard and it'll go into
standby or sleep, but it won't shut down! I can come back from sleep
or standby and it's still trying to log off!

What is going on with Vista? Is there a fix for this?

This happened to me before, but I was just searching a network shared
folder.

What is making explorer.exe unkillable? Is it stuck in some loop?

Try to disable the Windows Explorer Navigation Pane. Or this search result may help,

Vista Slow IssuesVista Slow Issues. Some solutions for slow copy. 1. Disable the Windows Explorer Navigation Pane. To do that, Click Start, and then click Computer. ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistaslow.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
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I was copying files from an XP computer to Vista over the network and
copying just freezes so I try to wait. The animation keeps going, but
the statistics are the same. I try click to cancel and it doesn't
work. I have to kill explorer.exe and it doesn't work. explorer.exe
will not die! Now I'm trying to shutdown, but it's stuck on Logging
off... I can press the moon key on my keyboard and it'll go into
standby or sleep, but it won't shut down! I can come back from sleep
or standby and it's still trying to log off!

What is going on with Vista? Is there a fix for this?

This happened to me before, but I was just searching a network shared
folder.

What is making explorer.exe unkillable? Is it stuck in some loop?