RE: Explorer Slow With Files

I've been looking for the same thing for months. Keep coming across "you
must have a virus" and "your network is slow" bull. Very frustrating. It
would help if I could find some tools to tell me WHY explorer is waiting, WHY
a program is timing out before something happens. I see these 60 sec., 90
sec., 180 sec. delay and NOTHING is claiming to be having a problem. I have
reinstalled WinXP Pro 3 times now -- cleans it up, but that is rediculous.
No, my machine was not hijacked. I run glint and see NOTHING going on while
it just sits.

I'm a systems guy, wrote some network code, OS code, firmware, designed some
hardware, so it is real frustrating that I can look at see what explorer is
waiting for. No indications, no tools and no one has even hinted at a real
fix. I've mashed around the registry in hopes of tripping across a solution.
Nope!

If I find my way back here, I'll let you know what I found, but as I said,
I've been looking for months...

"Mike Ferrie" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for help with a frustrating problem that has happened on my PC.
> Essentially the symptoms are this:
> 1.Opening files through Windows Explorer results in a 20 to 30 second pause
> before the files open. This happens on local and network drives.
> 2.Executable files or applications open immediately. Also files open
> immediately from inside the application e.g. from Excel open dialog box.
> 3. In explorer, right-clicking on files results in a 20-30 second delay in
> bringing up the menu, while with executables the menu comes up immediately.
> The system is XP SP2. What I have tried so far is:
> Reapplied the Service Pack
> System restore to before the problem manifested itself
> Disconnected and reconnected mapped drives.
>
> Any suggestions would be gratefully received before I go ahead and reinstall.
>
> Thanks
>
.

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