Re: Problem with XP Search "hanging"
- From: "Gerry" <gerry@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:17:35 -0000
Paul
I use the search function fairly regularly and have no problems. The
time taken will depend on the search criteria. Searching within files
will take longer than than just searching for files. Search two drives
when you only need to search one is another way to save time.
An aspect of routine housekeeping will also help. Removing temporary
files will not only speed up search times but will also reduce scan
times by anti-virus and antispyware programmes.
An alternative to Disk CleanUp is cCleaner (freeware) which does a more
thorough job than Disk CleanUp. Disk CleanUp has to be run for each user
profile, whereas cCleaner only needs to be run once.
http://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asp
http://www.ccleaner.com/
With any cleaner you need to proceed with caution. To be safe you
should create a restore point before using cCleaner. cCleaner also
offers backup before removal.
When using cCleaner think twice before checking Autocomplete Form
History under Internet Explorer. You do get a warning but this one has
irritating consequences. You may need to restore your system's
recollection of passwords after use so keep a record off computer so
that they can easily be re-entered.
Leave the Scan for Issues option alone.
cCleaner does not remove restore points. You need to use Disk CleanUp
for this. Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk
CleanUp, More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest
System Restore point.
Indexing can also help. However, some users argue indexing slows overall
performance, This is corrrect when you first turn on Indexing but once
the index has been established there should be no noticeable lessening
of system performance.
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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paulgj wrote:
Gerry,
this is the search function in Windows explorer - Start, Search or
Windows Key + F
I'm 99.99% positive I have no malware, I run behind a NAT router and
religiously run manual scans periodically (rootkits included),
monitor my startups with Autoruns, processes with process explorer
etc.
I wonder if there is some other kind of debugging tool that could
indicate what is going on in the system?
This install of XP is about four years old so it might have gotten a
little rusty over time. I'm planning a clean install soon on faster
drives. I will test the issue again when that is done. It'll be an
interesting experiment.
Thanks for trying to find the source of this issue.
"Gerry" wrote:
Paul
Is this Windows Desktop Search or the search function in Windows
Explorer?
The problem is not obvious from the Commit Charge figures. What are
your anti-virus and anti spyware arrangements? It could be malware.
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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paulgj wrote:
Hi Gerry,
I have an old Tualatin Celeron that runs at 1.4Ghz, and I have a
maxed out 768MB RAM (PC-100) This is a pretty old 1999 era Dell box
that I have tweaked to the bone and it runs XP quite nicely
actually.
After the search results were displayed and the system response died
the task manager commit charge numbers were:
Total 170580
Limit 1918000
Peak 397084
The page file is set to System Managed and is currently 1151 MB
Just in case it helps I noticed that I could drag the task manager
window around and it would leave ghost images along the route
similar to how the winning screen in solitaire appears!
-Paul
"Gerry" wrote:
Paul
What is the CPU and how much RAM does your computer have? Right
click on the My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties
to get this information.
Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the
Performance Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit
and the Peak?
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
paulgj wrote:
Hello,
I am experiencing a problem with a fully patched XP Pro SP3 system
where after I do a search the search shows the results box but the
computer is unresponsive. The task manager says that "Search
Results" is "Not responding", and I cannot click any icons in the
quick launch bar or taskbar. I end up having to end the search
task with the task manager.
The Application event log says "The shell stopped unexpectedly and
Explorer.exe was restarted." after I get everything back to normal
but no other messages from what I can see.
.
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