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When I open My Computer it takes 30-60 seconds to load. The sub menus are
very quick to load. Any ideas, I have searched online but unable to find a
solution
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Without any direction from you as to what might possibly have caused
this, we're only guessing. Here's my guess: Caused by using a registry
cleaner.
Does Event Viewer provide any details?
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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est
Deveaux1018 wrote:
[Quoted Text] > When I open My Computer it takes 30-60 seconds to load. The sub menus are
> very quick to load. Any ideas, I have searched online but unable to find a
> solution
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Deveaux1018
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?
How large is your hard disk? How much free space on the disk?
Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk
CleanUp to Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files.
Also select Start, All Programs, accessories, System Tools, Disk
CleanUp, More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest
System Restore point.
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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Deveaux1018 wrote:
[Quoted Text] > When I open My Computer it takes 30-60 seconds to load. The sub
> menus are very quick to load. Any ideas, I have searched online but
> unable to find a solution
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On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:34:01 -0800, Deveaux1018
<Deveaux1018[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
[Quoted Text] > When I open My Computer it takes 30-60 seconds to load. The sub menus are
> very quick to load. Any ideas, I have searched online but unable to find a
> solution
1. What version of Windows XP are you running? (Professional or not,
what service pack, what is the date of the last updates you
did, have you purposely not installed some fixes.) Probably
not related to your problem but easy enough to get the information.
2. How much real memory? (Again, probably not a factor, but good
to know.)
3. Does the problem happen each time you open My Computer or just
when you open My Computer right after logging on? It is
normal for there to be a delay the first time due to login
stuff and pending anti virus update jobs and other automatic
stuff happening when you first login.
4. Do you see the hour glass when your mouse is over the My Computer
Window? This would indicate the computer is busy or My Computer
is being delayed.
5. Do you see the hour glass any other places besides over the My
Computer Window. This would indicate the computer is busy.
6. When My Computer finally displays stuff, how many entries are there
and what are they? (I have one entry per partition, one
for Control Panel, one for each local real printer, plus
one for each explicitly shared directory tree, of which
I have 5. This is 18 items total. If you have lots of
shared directory tress or lots of local disks it MIGHT
slow things down, but I expect you would need 100's before
your noticed.)
7. What is displayed for each entry? (Just the icon, or are
many details displayed. It might be possible that a detail
is being asked for that a sick printer doesn't respond to.)
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Hello,
Another question that may or may not help is, do you have a cd or dvd in
your cd/dvd drive or drives? Sometimes if a cd or dvd drive is slow to read
the contents of a disc, it may cause My Computer to be slow to report its
contents until the cd/dvd drive(s) report their contents.
I hope this helps at least a little.
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Peace,
Jeffrey W. Bowen
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Please post replies of successes or failures so we all can benefit from each
others' experiences.
"Mark F" <mark49607[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message
news:jakal4lcbo9g2fe0qnaskmpr9d7hh3pvbh[ at ]4ax.com...
[Quoted Text] > On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:34:01 -0800, Deveaux1018
> <Deveaux1018[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>> When I open My Computer it takes 30-60 seconds to load. The sub menus
>> are
>> very quick to load. Any ideas, I have searched online but unable to find
>> a
>> solution
> 1. What version of Windows XP are you running? (Professional or not,
> what service pack, what is the date of the last updates you
> did, have you purposely not installed some fixes.) Probably
> not related to your problem but easy enough to get the information.
> 2. How much real memory? (Again, probably not a factor, but good
> to know.)
> 3. Does the problem happen each time you open My Computer or just
> when you open My Computer right after logging on? It is
> normal for there to be a delay the first time due to login
> stuff and pending anti virus update jobs and other automatic
> stuff happening when you first login.
> 4. Do you see the hour glass when your mouse is over the My Computer
> Window? This would indicate the computer is busy or My Computer
> is being delayed.
> 5. Do you see the hour glass any other places besides over the My
> Computer Window. This would indicate the computer is busy.
> 6. When My Computer finally displays stuff, how many entries are there
> and what are they? (I have one entry per partition, one
> for Control Panel, one for each local real printer, plus
> one for each explicitly shared directory tree, of which
> I have 5. This is 18 items total. If you have lots of
> shared directory tress or lots of local disks it MIGHT
> slow things down, but I expect you would need 100's before
> your noticed.)
> 7. What is displayed for each entry? (Just the icon, or are
> many details displayed. It might be possible that a detail
> is being asked for that a sick printer doesn't respond to.)
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