Re: Windows Explorer slow, only on startup

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Forgive me, I was just passing by, and I am no pro. But I have an insight,
may be you want to try it:

Suppose you click open My Computer, then Documents and Settings, then Dave,
and then Start Menu.
At which one of them does the delay occur?
Peter


"Kelly" <kelly@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You are most welcome and sorry to hear that, Dave. Good luck and keep us
posted with any progress.

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"Dave" <aliens@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks, I just tried that and rebooted....still does the same thing :(

"Kelly" <kelly@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks for the feedback, Dave. See if line 157 helps:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

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"Dave" <aliens@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Kelly,

Thanks for your reply...no, I checked all the startup items (in the
registry, Service Manager, Startup folders, msconfig,
etc.)....everything's started by the time I try to open Explorer. In
fact, I know this for sure, because I can reboot my computer, wait an
hour, and then start Explorer....but it'll still take those 20-30
seconds to try to open its folder list.

Dave


"Kelly" <kelly@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Dave,

This generally is caused by background programs that are loading.
Check to see what isn't needed during a boot here:
Start/Run/Msconfig/Startup

From there check to see which process is using the most of your CPU
via the Task Manager/Processes.

Another checkpoint is also in Msconfig/Services/Non-MS

Good luck!

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"Dave" <aliens@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

I've had a weird problem for a while now I'm hoping someone might
have an insight into.

I'm running WinXP SP2, all patches applied. I have a peer-to-peer
home network with my PC and another PC, both of which have local
printers attached.

When I start my computer, wait for the startup services to finish
loading, and then right-click on Start and choose "Explore," Explorer
starts. It tries to go to C:\Documents and Settings\Dave\Start Menu,
but I get an hourglass, and we sit there and wait....for about 20-30
seconds, during which time the hard drive light is flashing away, and
the CPU usage is way up high--I can't do anything else.

After those 20-30 seconds, the rest of the folder list comes into
view, and I can use Explorer normally--no problems at all. If I
close Explorer and start it up again, there's no delay--it's only
slow the first time starting it up after rebooting.

My first thought was that Explorer, on startup, is looking for
network files and folders and printers. I went to File, View, and
disabled the option to search for those. The slow startup still
occurs.

I've tried looking all over Google for a solution to this, tried a
couple of things (the Remote Namespace Printers and Network subkey
deletion trick, for one), and nothing's worked. It's not
adware/viruses; I use Spybot and NOD32, and keep them up-to-date (I
used to be a computer tech support person in real life). I did scans
anyway just to be sure--all negative.

Anyone have any brilliant ideas I could try? :) It's not a huge
problem, but it's frustrating to want to get started with something
and having to sit there staring at Explorer twiddling my
thumbs.......

Thanks,
Dave













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