Re: Win XP Pro & SP2...?!

From: Anthony Wieser (wieser_at_clara.not)
Date: 08/20/04 

Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 07:52:33 +0100

I'm running XP SP2. How does your reply have anything to do with zip
folders in the root directory and XP SP2 being slow accessing the C: drive?

Anthony Wieser
Wieser Software Ltd
Control your children's PC usage with Quality Time
www.wieser-software.com/qualtime?040820

"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com> wrote in message
news:ebvCyDohEHA.1392@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> You have Automatic Updates enabled and Microsoft is asking if you want an
> update most likely Service Pack-2.
> You should install SP-2
>
> To turn off Automatic Update:
> Right click My Computer
> Click Properties
> Click Automatic Update tab
> Check appropriate box and click OK.
>
> Also see:
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
>
>
> "Anthony Wieser" <wieser@clara.not> wrote in message
> news:1092982886.18020.0@echo.uk.clara.net...
>> "EOS" <FreeSoft@SkipThisPartTiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:ew0Vc.207175$a8.139118@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>>> There's one other thing I've noticed too
>>> and that's the speed, orrather the lack of it, since using SP2. My
>>> Winodws
>>> Explorer for instance takes app., 15 seconds to to display the contents
>>> of
>>> my C: drive when I click on it. It used to take app., 1 second.
>>> God only knows what we'll find next.
>>> Eos.
>>>
>>
>> I had this too, but my system was taking one minute. It turns out the
>> problem on my system was caused by having a compressed (zip) folders in
>> the root drive. The zip file contained 12,000 files. By creating a new
>> directory named zip, and moving the files there, the problem disappeared.
>>
>> Browsing compressed folders now seems very slow too? Any comments anyone
>> at Microsoft?
>>
>> Anthony Wieser
>> Wieser Software Ltd
>> Control your children's PC usage with Quality Time
>> www.wieser-software.com/qualtime?040820
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

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