Re: Scrolling through large folders hangs up & is jerky

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"SlowScrolling" wrote:

P.S. Just in case they could be a factor, there *are* some AVI files
on each hard drive:

C: (250 GB) = 180
D: (320 GB) = 11
H: (320 GB) = 36
I: (500 GB) = 25

Some of these AVI files are fairly large (over 100 MB). I've been
acquiring them for a couple of months, and they did not seem to
negatively impact scrolling, until the slow-scrolling problem started
about 4 days ago.

And the slow scrolling occurs on every hd where there is a folder
containing many files (mostly mp3's) - particularly D, H & I -
although C: is where most AVI's are.

Again, I don't think that the AVI's are the prob, but wtd to provide
as many clues as possible.

The prob "feels" as if something is using up my RAM and not allowing
any left over for scrolling of folders that contain many files.


On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:51:01 -0700, Callmark1
<Callmark1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Slow Scroller:

It really does sound like a RAM problem but it is hard to imagine 2GB RAM
being easily overwhelmed. I would try things in this order to get started
discovering the problem:

Try turning off the programs you recently installed (while you are not
connected to internet of course) and see if the scrolling is still slow on
these files. Report back.

A defrag might help too and is easy & safe to perform: Start > All Programs
Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter. Perform the Analyze
function first and make a note of the reported results. Then do the defrag.
If you have not defragmented in a while, this could take some time and you
might consider performing the defrag twice.

Also, make a note of your Virtual Memory parameters: Start > Control Panel
System > Click the Advanced tab > Click Settings (to the right of
Performance) > Click the Advanced tab in Performance Options > Click "Change"
to the right of Virtual Memory (don't worry, it won't change anything unless
you ask it to). Make a note of the settings and report back here.

PS: just HOW BIG are these files?

Mark





"SlowScrolling" wrote:

In the last few days I have had trouble scrolling through large file
folders on my various hard drives. As you drag the slider the file
list scrolling stalls and then a few seconds later catches up all at
once. This problem is not limited to one hard drive, but occurs
similarly on all my hard drives in folders that contain many files.

My system is a powerful Dell Dimension 8400, XP Pro, 3.4 GHz, 2 GB
RAM, with fast Western Digital hard drives, and never had even a hint
of this problem until a few days ago. However, the number of files in
my various folders has not increased significantly, and they were
scrolling fine a week ago; now they are not. During this time, I've
installed some new programs, including Nero 7 Ultra, Adobe Audition
2.0, some a/v codecs, plus McAfee Internet Security Suite 2006 (had
already been running McAfee, which came on my computer, for a year).

This is not a smooth-scrolling problem. Smooth-scrolling has always
been enabled on my system without any problem, and I have tried
disabling it, and it did not help. Also, I use AdAware SE Personal at
least once a day. Defragging also doesn't help.

All suggestions will be greatly appreciated.



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