Re: slow and unresponsive XP...

GO wrote:

Hello,

This problem has been plaguing me for a long time and I've yet to find
a
solution. Windows XP Pro is very slow when launching applications and
it can take up to 20 seconds at times before the application will even
start to
load. The problem is not isolated to any application in particular as
it occurs with everything ranging from the simple applications such as
task manager or Explorer to larger apps like Paint Shop Pro and
Word/Excel. Once
the application loads everything runs smoothly. The system itself is
more
than adequate as I'm running a P4 3GHz with 1GB RAM. I am running a
(very) small network (1 Win2k box and this XP box) connected through a
router. This is actually where I think the problem lies....my best
guess is that it's trying to access or search for something across the
network when I
attempt to launch a program. Win2k runs flawlessly and I do not see
the same problems on it.

There is nothing abnormal running on the system at the time and
typically
the system idle process is the only thing "using" the CPU. I am also
very confident in saying that there are no viruses/spyware causing the
problem.

Do you have any network shares? Any mapped drives? I would look at
whether your hard drive is in PIO mode instead of DMA mode where it
belongs. See this page by MVP Hans-Georg Michna for an explanation and
a fix if that is the case:

http://www.michna.com/kb/WxDMA.htm

Malke
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