XP Very Slow when browsing

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A buddy of mine is having a heck of a time browsing his
files using XP.

We've clocked the exploring function at about 15-30
seconds to browse any
folder. Local or networked dosn't matter, exploring
just takes a long
time.

Is there some setting that got tripped somewhere? It's
a new machine with
good components but XP seems to be the problem.

Any Ideas what would be doing that?


.
My HP 7935 is reacting very slowly to EVERYTHING! When I
active the task manager, it reflects the PC is utilizing
100% of the CPU. I have re-prioritized the applications,
and increased the virtual memory. When I click on the tab
that says "processes", it indicates that the "task manager
is fluctuating rapidly as to the amount of CPU usage, and
that it may be causing the problem. This happened after
an upgrade. If you find out what the problem is, please
repost an answer.

Thanks!