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Old April 5th 05, 01:14 AM
acs68
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Default Any experts out there ? XP SP2 machine is terribly slow to open a file

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.

cheers,

Adam



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Old April 5th 05, 01:48 AM
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP
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"acs68" wrote in message

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.

cheers,

Adam


Are you running Microsoft Anti-Spyware Beta? It has been reported to cause
this.

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Old April 5th 05, 02:16 AM
acs68
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Hi Frank,

no, I haven't installed that as yet.

Any suggestions ?

cheers,

Adam
"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP" wrote in message
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"acs68" wrote in message

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.

cheers,

Adam


Are you running Microsoft Anti-Spyware Beta? It has been reported to
cause this.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com./athome/sec...t/default.aspx
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/




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Old April 5th 05, 04:15 AM
Justin Haygood
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Did it slow down immediately after installing SP2? If so, it might be a
combination of a slow hard drive and high fragmentation. Try running
Disk Defragmenter.

acs68 wrote:
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.

cheers,

Adam




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Old April 5th 05, 02:41 PM
S.Sengupta
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http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm

regards,
ssg MS-MVP

acs68 wrote:

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.

cheers,

Adam



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Old April 5th 05, 10:53 PM
acs68
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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
...
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.

cheers,

Adam





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Old April 6th 05, 01:55 AM
Malke
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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
...
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
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
www.elephantboycomputers.com
In Memoriam - MVP Alex Nichol
The world is diminished without him.
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Old April 6th 05, 04:37 AM
acs68
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Malke,

FANTASTIC !!! Thanks for your help.

After reading the page you sent me to, I started by disabling my NIC to see
if the problem went away - it did.

From there it was just a matter of going through the Registry looking for
some references (exe's) to a server that no long exist.

Deleted those keys and she's all a goer.

thanks again ,

Adam

"Malke" wrote in message
...
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
...
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
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
www.elephantboycomputers.com
In Memoriam - MVP Alex Nichol
The world is diminished without him.



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Old April 7th 05, 12:43 AM
Malke
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acs68 wrote:

Malke,

FANTASTIC !!! Thanks for your help.

After reading the page you sent me to, I started by disabling my NIC
to see if the problem went away - it did.

From there it was just a matter of going through the Registry looking
for some references (exe's) to a server that no long exist.

Deleted those keys and she's all a goer.


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


Wonderful! I'm so glad you got it sorted. Thanks for taking the time to
let me know.

Malke
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
www.elephantboycomputers.com
In Memoriam - MVP Alex Nichol
The world is diminished without him.
 




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