Re: Explorer comes up slow

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i would have to say maybe your computer is trying to connect to a previous network.. you could try running the command promt and typing netstat why your pc is slow to see what connections it's trying to make, other than that maybe running a program like ethereal to capture the network traffiic.. i suspect your pc is looking for a pc/server/domain that's no longer available but it's finding it that could be hard.


"Ron" <Ron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:50175AE8-BE49-4ADD-AB99-2782C867DDC2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thank you Paul. We sure can try that. However, the new IT dept is in the
process of settling down and won't get to fix my problem for a while. I need
to get some of my work done on this machine.

Do you have any other suggestions.

Thanks,
Ron.

"Paul Mckenna" wrote:

I'd have to say if only two PCs out of hundreds have the problem then maybe
a reformat would be the best solution.. your problems to me suggest a DNS
issue but with only two PCs showing problems... backup up your data and
format your PC. i think it would be a waste of money and time trying to find
why it happened!

"Ron" <Ron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:E22D9054-0CB9-4913-B1BC-FD33A6C193E0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi all:
>
> I am using XP professional (SP2) on IBM ThinkPad T42 Laptop.
>
> Recently, we moved to a new company and the old company's IT dept went
> through some cleanup and rekeying the MS office apps for the new comany > on
> our laptops. There were hundreds going through this process. However, > only
> 2
> of us are seeing this issue on our machines.
> -------------------------------------
> I am frustrated by this problem:
> -------------------------------------
> -Explorer comes up slowly when conected to network (it comes up fast > when
> the computer is not connected to the network). It takes 40-60 secs to > come
> up, some times more.
> - The same is true about all other network related applications > (outlook,
> remote desktop, etc.).
> - Staring one of this applications while connected to the network > prevents
> me to do anything else on the laptop (the machine is forzen while the > app
> is
> tring to come up). After the app comes up, there are periodic slow > downs.
>
> As I mentioned before, it only happens when the laptop is connected to > a
> network (whether at work or at home).
>
> I have no idea how this has happened. It was working well some time > last
> week and now it is not.
> -----------------------------------------
> These are the things I have done so far as counter measures after
> detecting
> the problem:
> ------------------------------------------
> - Removed all items in the network places.
> - Removed all the old printers.
> - Deleted the cookies.
> - Deleted all the *.tmp files on the HD.
> - Cleaned up the Temp Internet folder and the temp folder.
> - Ran spybot and adware.
> - Ran Symentic antivirus.
> - Emptied the recyle bin.
>
> So far, nothing has worked. My theory is that something is timming out
> when
> my computer is connected to the network. That may be why these network
> applications are slow in comming up.
>
> Any ideas?!!
>
> Many thanks.
>
>


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