Re: Slow display of drives under My Computer

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From: Ramesh, MS-MVP (ramesh_at_online.mvps.org)
Date: 02/09/05 

Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 11:25:05 +0530

In addition:

Long delay before files appear in My Computer in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;819017 

-- 
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org
"johns" <johns@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:86FB53D8-2F8B-42BA-A307-0C55180CE8A9@microsoft.com...
> Recently two of my home PC's began to take 30 - 45 seconds to display 
> drive
> list when My Computer selected. Once displayed I can display folders and
> files for the selected disk. If I select a folder or a subfolder I can 
> view
> its contents but when I go back one level the PC acts if it is 
> re-searching
> for the directory structure again taking 30 - 45 seconds. I run latest
> versions of Adaware and Spybot every 2 weeks and run McAfee AV every 1 - 2
> weeks. Other home PC's on same network are fine. All are running XP Pro. 
> The
> two problem PC's have not yet been upgraded to SP2. I tried this on one of
> them but the resulting installation was unstable and installation routine
> recommending uninstalling SP2 upgrade which I did.

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