Internet Explorer Endless Crash Loop

Hi there, this is my first online help forum post, so please bare with me :)
Firstly, my system is a Windows Vista 32-bit: Service Pack 2.
Ok the problem.

When I log on, all my startup programs start and load up as normal, and then about 2 minutes after login, a message stating "windows explorer has stopped working" then "windows explorer is restarting". This happens twice. Then my desktop goes blank including my start bar, spare the wallpaper. I am able to still run SOME programs using task manager.

This has only been doing it for a day, and no amount of restarts has helped :( This has never happened before to me. When I run my anti-virus programs they also pick up no threats.

I have found the incident in eventviewer, and these are the details it shows. Note, in eventviewer is displays the information under "application error".

Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 28/10/2012 5:46:51 PM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: MABnCMCE-PC
Description:
Faulting application Explorer.EXE, version 6.0.6002.18005, time stamp 0x49e01da5, faulting module USER32.dll, version 6.0.6002.18005, time stamp 0x49e0380e, exception code 0xc0000094, fault offset 0x00013090, process id 0x1148, application start time 0x01cdb4e494d06c11.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="Error">
<System>
<Provider Name="Application Error" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>100</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2012-10-28T08:16:51.000Z" />
<EventRecordID>75497</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>MABnCMCE-PC</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>Explorer.EXE</Data>
<Data>6.0.6002.18005</Data>
<Data>49e01da5</Data>
<Data>USER32.dll</Data>
<Data>6.0.6002.18005</Data>
<Data>49e0380e</Data>
<Data>c0000094</Data>
<Data>00013090</Data>
<Data>1148</Data>
<Data>01cdb4e494d06c11</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

Please help me :( I am way out of my expertise here.