"Mike Ferrie" wrote in message
...
All this time and it's a network problem. Turning off the DHCP client
service
and effectively taking the machine off the network fires up right click
context menus and opens files as they should with no delay.
However, here's the rub. Setting a fixed IP address brings back the same
old
problem. It doesn't seem to be driver related. I've tried 2 different
network
cards (Intel and 3com) with the same outcome.
What is it in Explorer that's calling the network for something before it
opens a local file?
Any ideas?



Try removing all the unneeded shortcuts in My Network Places. See the
following link:

http://www.ss64.com/nt/slow_browsing.html

Kerry