Re: Launch any file by double clicking takes ages
- From: Sparda <DoNotEmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 18 Jul 2005 18:35:57 -0400
"tonysab" wrote:
> I am using a new PC (4 weeks old) with XP. I have 3 users on
> here, I am the Administrator. About 2 weeks ago I noticed that
> on my user it was taking ages (20-30 seconds) to get the pop
> up window when right-clicking (to get Properties) on any
> filename in Windows Explorer. Since then I have noticed that
> when double clicking on any file to launch into an application
> (eg .jpg file to go to Paint Shop Pro, .htm file to go to a
> browser, even a .txt file), takes approx 40 seconds.
> Tremendous for a 3.2ghz machine with 1gb of RAM! Has anyone
> any ideas at all, I cannot think what has suddenly changed to
> make this happen - the other 2 users on the PC do not have
> this problem at all.
> I had recently been trying to set up a wireless network
> without much luck, a colleague suggested I might have a drive
> mapped to the other pc that was causing the delay, but this is
> not the case.
> Thanks in advance.
perhaps you should uninstall any software you may have installed while
setting up the W. LAN
.
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