acs68 wrote:

I have tried the suggestions below, defragged the machine etc. But it
is still ver y slow when right-mouse clicking on a file. Is anyone
else able to offer some more advice ?

cheers,

Adam


"acs68" wrote in message
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Hi all,

am having all sorts of problems and am hoping there are some gurus
who may be able to help.

I have an XP Pro Sp2 machine that is terribly slow at opening files -
the machine itself is fast, 3ghz with 512mb ram.

Here's the symptoms:
User normally uses "my computer" and dbl click the file to launch
from folder - this is very slow.
If the user opens word first and browses to file, it all works fine.
Right mouse click on file (on desktop for example)- takes incredibly
long to pop up the menu (I suspect that this is at the root of the
problem).

Does nyone know what could be causing this ? I have temporarily taken
off Anti Virus to see if that could have been causing it - but no
joy.

Try the advice from he
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm - slow right-click and
other issues

Malke
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