Re: Horrible time to save pictures in Internet Explorer / Outlook Express

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From: Al Christoph (ac2_at_too.net)
Date: 08/28/04 

Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 12:55:00 -0400

Did a thorough house cleaning. No luck there.

Regards,
Al

"Sandi - Microsoft MVP" <sandi_hardmeier@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers_8.htm#deltree
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> "Al Christoph" <ac2@too.net> wrote in message
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> >I am running Windows XP SP 1 with Norton AV 2004, both up to date. The PC
> > it's on gives more than satisfactory performance in general.
> >
> > However, doing a File | Save As for even a small image in either IE or
OE
> > can take 2 minutes or longer!!!!! (I gave up counting after 30
> > seconds:-((( CPU usage goes to 100% and appears to be entirely in the
> > appropriate program. The system does not lock up. I can fire up free
cell
> > and get a game completed before the program comes back:-)
> >
> > The IE cache is clean and limited to 40 MB. I've got java 1.4.2 and two
> > shockwave in downloaded program files. (The list on the PC that is ok is
> > much larger.) The list of helper programs (from BHODaemon) is
> > satisfactory.
> > Disabling did nothing.
> >
> > Other file movement processes scream. Even things like moving email to
> > folders in OE performs very satisfactorily. (The hard drives involved
are
> > doing DMA.)
> >
> > Other similarly configured PC's in my network do not have this problem.
> > Unfortunately i do all my image saving on the PC with the problem!!!!
> >
> > The list of running programs is clean and all accounted for. (No adware,
> > Helper programs etc.)
> >
> > I'm connected to the net using DSL. But these are pictures that I am
> > viewing
> > so presumably they are already in the cache.
> >
> > Page File and Physical memory are plenty big. This PC only runs OE and
> > occasionally IE.
> >
> > Suggestions please. I'm at a complete loss and did not see much in the
> > archive that would be helpful. Where is IE / OE spending all its time.
(By
> > the way this has been a problem long enough that I can't suggest any
> > particular historical associations.)
> >
> > Would registry comparisons between the PC's make sense? If so which
> > pieces?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Al
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

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